“We have a good turnout. As of today (May 5), we are already at 23 percent voting turnout so far,” Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Marlon Casquejo said
With only four days before the end of the voting period, a total of 385,437 registered overseas voters have so far participated in the exercise.
In the previous polls, the voter turnout during presidential elections have been traditionally higher, with 2004 having 233,137 voters (65 percent), 2010 with 153,323 voters (26 percent), and 2016 with 430,695 voters (31 percent).
As for midterm polls, they recorded lower voter turnouts, 2007 having 81,732 voters (16%), 2013 having 118,823 voters (16 percent), and 2019 with 336,447 voters (18 percent).
Of the number, the Middle East and African nations recorded the highest number of voters at 148,127; followed by the Asia Pacific with 139,041.
A total of 56,550 comprises the Americas, while there are 41,719 voters in the European region.
Casquejo urged those who have yet to cast their votes to visit the Philippine posts before the May 9 deadline.
The above test is an excerpt from: https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1173783
For my fellow OFWs in Oman, I encourage you to exercise your right to vote. You have a lot of time, the overseas voting in Oman is until May 9, 2022 (8AM-3PM). It has started last April 10, 2022 from 8AM to 5PM daily, no holidays.
Vote now, vote wisely.
You can check the certified list of overseas voters from this link https://muscatpe.dfa.gov.ph/files/MUSCAT_PE_-_SULTANATE_OF_OMAN_LANDBASED.pdf
