MANILA, April 12 -- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is hoping that the majority of the registered Filipino voters abroad will participate as the month-long overseas voting begins on April 13.

"I hope we can at least get 50 percent of the 1.321 million voters because we are introducing Internet voting," Comelec Chairperson George Garcia said in an interview on Saturday.

Of the 93 posts abroad, he said, 77 would use Internet voting, where Filipinos could vote through their gadgets, such as cellphones, tablets, and laptops.

Garcia encouraged those who have not yet enrolled to have themselves listed by enrolling at ov.comelec.gov.ph/enroll.

To date, about 40,000 voters overseas have enrolled for Internet voting.

Once they are enrol...