COMELEC – lumagda sa kasunduan para sa online voting ng OFWs

Nilagdaan ng Commission on Elections (Comelec), at ng joint venture na SMS Global Technologies Inc. at Sequent Tech Inc. (JV Global Technology) ang isang kasunduan para sa online voting and counting system (OVCS).

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Pinangunahan ito nina Chairman George Erwin Garcia, at ng kanyang counterpart mula sa JV Global Technology counterpart.

Bilang winning bidder, dapat matiyak ng JV Global Technology ang seguridad at integridad ng overseas votes mula sa monthlong franchise sa May 2025 midterm polls.

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Mababatid na iminungkahi ang OVCS upang mapalakas ang voter participation ng mga Pilipino overseas.

Noong halalan kasi noong 2022, naging mababa ang bilang mga domestic voter.