BUTUAN CITY, April 26 -- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will start in January 2025 the three-month registration period for gadgets that will be used by Filipinos living or working abroad for the Online Voting and Counting System (OVCS) in the May 2025 midterm polls.

The Comelec will be implementing for the first time the internet or online voting method for overseas Filipinos in select nations.

Postal voting will also be implemented in Philippine posts where there are internet voting restrictions.

"We will be having the enrollment of gadgets beginning January 2025 until April 13. Upon enrollment of gadgets, the registered voter will be given a passcode," Comelec chair George Garcia said in an interview here.

"This will help mak...