A total of a total of 8,868 overseas voting (OV) applications have been approved by the San Francisco Philippine Consulate’s Resident Election Registration Board (RERB) so far since registration of overseas voters resumed on 9 December 2022.
This developed after the RERB, composed of Deputy Consul General Raquel Solano as RERB Chair, and Vice Consul Adrian Baccay and Ms. Genevieve Ferrer as RERB Members approved 2,117 overseas voting (OV) applications filed from 1 October 2023 to 31 December 2023, during the hearing of the Consulate on 16 January 2024.
The Consulate, along with other Philippine embassies and consulates worldwide, will continue registering overseas voters until 30 September 2024.
Filipino citizens (including dual citizens) who will be outside the Philippines, are at least 18 years of age on 12 May 2025, and are not otherwise disqualified by law, may register with the Consulate as overseas voters for the 2025 Philippine National Elections. The Consulate’s method of overseas voting is postal voting, where official ballots are sent to the overseas voter’s preferred address via mail.
Registered overseas voters of previous elections who moved to a new address within the Consulate’s area of jurisdiction, are also urged to visit the Consulate and apply for change of address. The Consulate covers the states of Alaska, Northern and Central California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Northern Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
Additional information on the ongoing overseas voting registration is available on the Consulate’s official OV page: Overseas Voting – Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco.