Manila, May 6 -- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has extended for three days the enrollment period for overseas Filipino voters who want to cast their votes in the May 2025 midterm elections via the Online Voting and Counting System (OVCS).

In Minute Resolution No. 25-0544, the Comelec en banc said the deadline of enrollment for those who would like to vote online has been moved from its original date of May 7 to May 10.

"The Commission resolves to approve the request of the Office for Overseas Voting (OFOV)... to extend the pre-voting enrollment period from 07 May 2025 to 10 May 2025, 11:59 PM (Philippine time)," it said.

The poll body said this is to encourage more Filipino voters abroad to enroll in the system, noting the "mul...