SAN FRANCISCO – The Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco approved 2,117 overseas voting (OV) applications filed from October 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023, during the hearing conducted by the Consulate’s Resident Election Registration Board (RERB) on January 16, 2024.
After a full year of registering overseas voters for the 2025 elections, which began on December 9, 2022, the Consulate’s RERB has so far approved a total of 8,868 OV applications.
The RERB is composed of Deputy Consul General Raquel Solano as RERB Chair, and Vice Consul Adrian Baccay and Genevieve Ferrer as RERB Members.
The Consulate, along with other Philippine embassies and consulates worldwide, will continue registering overseas voters until September 30, 2024.
Filipino citizens (including dual citizens) who will be outside the Philippines, are at least 18 years of age on May 12, 2025, and are not otherwise disqualified by law, may register with the Consulate as overseas voters for the 2025 Philippine National Elections.
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: https://pcgsanfrancisco.org/overseas-voting/.
(PCGSF Release)
