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Holding 'special election' for overseas voters in Shanghai 'justified': Comelec exec

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RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="A woman with a baby in quarantine looks through the window of their apartment, amid COVID-19 full lockdown of the city in Shanghai, China, April 27, 2022. Alex Plavevski, EPA-EFE/file" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/overseas/05/02/05022022-woman-with-a-baby-in-quarantine-looks_epa-efe.jpg"/><figcaption>A woman with a baby in quarantine looks through the window of their apartment, amid COVID-19 full lockdown of the city in Shanghai, China, April 27, 2022. Alex Plavevski, EPA-EFE/file</figcaption></figure></div>MANILA — A Commission on Elections (Comelec) commissioner on Monday said holding a special election for overseas Filipino voters in Shanghai, China is &quot;justified&quot; amid the lockdown imposed in the city.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/05/02/22/shanghai-residents-sent-out-of-city-during-crackdown">&#x27;No choice&#x27;: Shanghai residents sent out of city during COVID crackdown</a></li></ul>&quot;If na-lift yun (lockdown) after the elections, we are justified mag-conduct ng special elections to those areas na nagkaroon ng suspension,&quot; commissioner Marlon Casquejo said.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/26/22/17-filipinos-in-shanghai-catch-covid-19-amid-outbreak">7 more Pinoys in Shanghai catch COVID-19, total now at 17</a></li></ul>There are 1,900 registered voters in Shanghai.Meanwhile, Casquejo said Comelec is unlikely to extend the overseas voting in Canada after the deployment of ballots there was delayed.&quot;Sa pagkaalam ko ay lahat na po ng balota ay napadala na kasi voting by mail po yung Canada, so lahat po naipadala, so meaning aabot din tayo sa election day.&quot;&quot;With regards to the extension baka mahirapan tayo to grant the request or justify the request because the election is based on the Constitution. Hindi po tayo puwede mag-extend,&quot; he added.

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Holding 'special election' for overseas voters in Shanghai 'justified': Comelec exec

RG Cruz,

ABS-CBN News

Published May 02, 2022 05:33 PM PHT

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