Manila, Feb. 6 -- Majority of Philippine posts overseas will be using Online Voting and Counting System (OVCS) for the May 12 national and local elections.

Based on the final specific modes of overseas voting released by the Commission on Elections (Comelec), a total of 77 out of the 93 posts abroad will be using the OVCS, which is initially being introduced in the upcoming midterm polls.

The system will be provided by the Joint Venture of SMS Global Technologies, Inc. & Sequent Tech Inc.

Comelec chairperson George Garcia urged voters overseas to use the internet voting to take advantage of the its trial period.

"Try to test voting experience online to familiarize yourselves with this easy process," he said in a telephone interview Th...