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PressReleaseNo.056-2013

11April2013

AutomatedVotinginRiyadhAllSettoStarton13AprilTrainingofElectionOfficersHeld

ThePhilippineEmbassyinRiyadhwillconductthefirstautomatedelectionsinRiyadhasscheduledafteritreceivedeight(8)PrecinctCountOpticalScan(PCOS)Machines.Italsohosted the training on the Automated Election System (AES) for personnel whowillserveaselectionofficialsduringtheelectionsfrom13Aprilto13May2013.Philippine Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Mr. Ezzedin H. Tago, announced that thePhilippineEmbassy inRiyadh is100%readyto conductthe firstautomatedelectionsinRiyadh for the Senatorial and Party-list elections from 13 April to 13 May 2013. ThePhilippine Embassy in Riyadh has received its eight (8) Precinct Count Optical Scan(PCOS) Machines, ballots and other paraphernalia to be used during the automated

elections.ThePhilippineEmbassyinRiyadhisamong seven (7) foreign servicepoststhatwilladopttheAutomatedElection System (AES) during the2013 Overseas Absentee Voting(OAV)Elections.He invited all registered overseasabsentee voters to exercise theirright tovote.I invite all registeredoverseasabsenteevoterstoexercise

theirrighttovotefrom13Aprilto13

May2013andselectthenextleaders

of the country, said AmbassadorTago.

Election officers inspect a PCOS machine

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AmbassadorTago"casts"hisvoteduringthemockelections

Theconductoftheautomatedelectionsfollowsthetrainingheldofpersonnelwhowillserve as members of the Special Board of Election Inspectors (SBEIs), Special BallotReceptionandCustodyGroup(SBRCG)andSpecialBoardofCanvassers(SBOC)duringtheone-monthelectionperiod.ThetrainingwasheldattheEmbassyon06to08April2013.COMELECCommissionerEliasYusophledthedelegationfromCOMELEC,DFAandDOSTwhoconductedthetrainingandcertificationoftheelectionofficers.

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The Philippine Embassy in Riyadh invites all Filipinos to visit its website atwww.philembassy-riyadh.organdFacebookpagetoseeiftheirnamesareincludedintheCertifiedListofOverseasVoters(CLOV)forRiyadhandarequalifiedtovoteduringthe2013 OAVElections. TheCLOV forRiyadhis also printedandposted at theEmbassypremises, and registered voters may check the number of their precinct beforeproceedingtothelocationoftheirprecincttovote.

COMELECCommissionerEliasYusophopensAESTrainingon6April

FilipinosintheEasternProvincemayalsovisittheEmbassyswebsiteandFacebookpagetoseeiftheirnamesareincludedintheCLOVforAlKhobarandJubail.AutomatedelectionsinRiyadhstartat8:00AMon13April2013.ItwillbeheldatthePhilippine Embassy in Riyadh, Diplomatic Quarter in Riyadh from 13 April to 13 May

2013.END.