Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/05/07
By: Elaine Hou
Taipei, May 7 (CNA) A large number of Philippine voters in Taiwan are expected to cast absentee
Philippine voters in line to cast their absentee ballots at the Manila Economic and Cultural Office in Taipei. Photo courtesy of MECO.
votes Sunday in their country’s presidential election, before the polls close the next day, according to a Philippine official posted in Taiwan.
“It’s a presidential election, so people are more interested,” Keefe Dela Cruz, director of Assistance to Nationals at the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) in Taipei, told CNA Saturday.
Over a one-month period leading up to the May 9 presidential election, registered Philippine voters in Taiwan have the option to cast absentee ballots at MECO offices in Taipei, Taichung and Kaohsiung, he said.
The polling stations are open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day until May 9, without any breaks, Cruz said.
There are approximately 30,600 registered absentee voters in Taiwan for the May 9 Philippine presidential election, and most of them are migrant workers, according to Cruz. [FULL STORY]
