Philippine Consulate General Encourages Filipinos, FilAms to Vote in the 2022 Philippine National Elections
SAN FRANCISCO, 8 April 2022 – The Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco informs Filipinos and Filipino Americans under its consular jurisdiction that the overseas voting period for the 2022 Philippine national elections will run from 10 April 2022 (9:00 AM Pacific Time) to 9 May 2022 (4:00 AM, Pacific Time).
The Consulate has mailed over 12,000 ballot packets, which should be received by voters in time for the start of the voting period on 10 April. The Consulate is exerting all efforts to send out all remaining ballots in the next few days.
“I wish to encourage those who have received their ballots to fill out the same and send back to the Consulate as soon as possible using the ballot envelope with prepaid postage stamps. They may also drop off their ballots at the Consulate during office hours,” said Philippine Consul General in San Francisco Neil Frank R. Ferrer.
The Consulate General’s mode of voting is postal voting, which involves the Consulate sending to registered overseas voters election packets that contain the official ballots. The Consulate has been sending the election packets to registered overseas voters.
The accomplished ballot must be mailed back to the Consulate as soon as possible. Mailed ballots that are received after the close of the overseas voting period (9 May 2022, 4:00 AM, Pacific Time) will be considered invalid and will not be counted.
The Consulate has consular jurisdiction over Alaska, Northern California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Northern Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming, and Utah.
The public is advised to check their names in the Certified List of Overseas Voters for the 2022 National Elections at https://pcgsanfrancisco.org/certified-list-of-overseas-voters-clov-2022/.
Email for Overseas Voters’ Concerns: [email protected]
OVERSEAS VOTING
Timeline of Activities
| Date | Activity |
| 31 January 2022 | Last Day to Constitute Members of the Special Board of Election Inspectors (SBEI) and Special Ballot Reception and Custody Group (SBRCG) |
| In progress as of 8 April 2022 | The Consulate has started sending of election packets to registered overseas voters since 31 March 2022. |
| 4 April 2022 | Final Testing and Sealing of Vote Counting Machines (VCM) |
| 10 April 2022 (9:00AM, Pacific Time) To 9 May 2022 (4:00AM, Pacific Time) | Overseas Voting (OV) Period Overseas voters can drop off their ballots at the Consulate’s lobby during office hours. |
| Every Mondays and Thursdays (starting 11 April to 9 May 2022) at 9:00AM Pacific | Feeding of Ballots to the VCM |
| 9 May 2022, 4:00AM Pacific Time | End of the Overseas Voting Period (all mailed ballots should be received before the end of the period so as not to be considered “Invalid Ballots”) |