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MANILA – Philippine foreign service posts—embassies, consulates, economic zones—in different countries will be the venue of voting for overseas voters starting April 9 (8:00 a.m. host country).According to the Commission on Elections (Comelec), there are two ways a Filipino can vote overseas, depending on the host country/city.The first one is “personal voting” where one should go to the designated Philippine foreign service post to cast his/her vote.Upon the voter&#x27;s arrival at the designated post, Special Board of Election Inspectors will verify the identity of the registered voter via biometrics.Once verified, a voter may get his/her ballot and a ballot secrecy folder and proceed to the voting area and accomplish the ballot.If a voter is in a Philippine foreign service post adopting an automated election system, he/she will proceed to feed his/her ballot to the vote-counting machine (VCM).READ: <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/halalan2016/video/nation/02/04/16/how-the-vote-counting-machine-works" target="_blank">How the vote counting machine works</a>But for those in posts adopting a manual election system, they would have to fold the ballot in the same manner as they received it and place it inside the ballot box.There will also be host countries/cities that will adopt a postal manual election system.In these areas, registered voters will receive mail containing their ballot or they will be advised where they can pick their ballot up.After this, the voter shall accomplish his/her ballot and affix his/her thumbmark in the space provided on the ballot&#x27;s lower portion.The voter then shall detach the ballot coupon from the ballot and place it inside the ballot envelope and seal with a paper seal.The Comelec said ballots should be folded properly and should not be crumpled and damaged.Voters should mail the accomplished ballot inside a sealed ballot envelope to the embassy, consulate or any foreign service establishment concerned.<div>Of the 85 Philippine Foreign Service Posts across the globe, only 30 will adopt the automated election system.</div><div>AMERICA</div>Agana, Guam Chicago, USA Honolulu. Hawaii Los Angeles, USA New York, USA Ottawa, Canada San Francisco, USA Toronto, Canada Vancouver, Canada Washington, DC<div>EUROPE</div>London, UK Madrid, Spain Milan, Italy Rome, Italy<div>ASIA PACIFIC</div>Hong Kong Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Osaka, Japan Seoul, South Korea Singapore Tokyo, Japan<div>MIDDLE EAST</div>Abu Dhabi, UAE Beirut, Lebanon Doha, Qatar Dubai, UAE Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Kuwait Manama, Bahrain Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Tel Aviv, IsraelMeanwhile, 26 Philippine foreign posts will adopt a personal manual voting system:<div>EUROPE</div>Lisbon, Portugal<div>ASIA PACIFIC</div>Bangkok, Thailand Brunei Chongqing, China Dhaka, Bangladesh Dili, East Timor Guangzhou, China Islamabad, Pakistan Jakarta, Indonesia Macau, China Manado, Indonesia Meco Kaohsiung, Taiwan Meco, Taichung, Taiwan Meco Taipei, Taiwan New Delhi, India Pnom Penh, Cambodia Shanghai, China Vientiane, Laos Xiamen, China<div>MIDDLE EAST</div>Abuja, Nigeria Amman, Jordan Cairo, Egypt Muscat, Oman Nairobi, Kenya Pretoria, South Africa Tehran, IranThere will also be 26 Philippine foreign posts that will adopt a postal manual voting system:<div>AMERICA</div>Brasilia, Brazil Buenos Aires, Argentina Mexico Santiago, Chile<div>EUROPE</div>Ankara, Turkey Athens, Greece Berlin, Germany Berne, Switzerland Brussels, Belgium Budapest, Hungary Geneva, Switzerland Holy See Moscow, Russia Oslo, Norway Paris, France Prague, Czech Republic The Hague, Netherlands Vienna, Austria Warsaw, Poland<div>ASIA PACIFIC</div>Beijing, China Canberra, Australia Hanoi, Vietnam Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea Sydney, Australia Wellington, New Zealand Yangon, MyanmarOverseas voting on May 9, 2016 at 9:00 p.m. Philippine time. For more info visit ABS-CBN News&#x27; Halalan website <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/halalan2016/home" target="_blank">here</a>.—with reports from Jeanyn Santiano for ABS-CBN News

Here's a quick guide for Filipinos overseas who may start casting their votes on April 9.

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