Sec. 47. Procedures. – The following voting procedures for seafarers shall be observed:

1) During the voting period, seafarers may vote at any Post adopting personal voting. However, in case of postal voting, they may vote only in Posts with international seaports as identified and recommended by the DFA-OAVS.

2) In Posts where personal voting is adopted, the Post shall assign a specific SBEI to conduct the voting for seafarers in addition to its regular land-based voters. For this purpose, said SBEI shall manage two (2) OAVF No. 2.

3) In Posts where postal voting is adopted, ballots for seafarers shall be apportioned proportionately. These ballots shall be in the custody of the SBRCG of the Post for the entire voting period. The seafarer shall:

3.1) Personally claim a mailing packet at the Post;

3.2) Accomplish the official ballot contained therein; and

3.3) Submit the accomplished ballot to the SBRCG which shall then dispose the ballot in accordance with the procedures on postal voting.

4) COAV shall give each Post conducting personal voting, and those conducting postal voting with identified international seaports, a soft copy of the CLOAV and OAVF No. 2-A for seafarers.

5) For purposes of monitoring and recording:

The SBEI/SBRCG shall, as the case may be, at the end of each voting day:

5.1) Prepare a list of the names of the seafarers who cast their votes; and

5.2) E-mail the same to COAV.

6) The COAV shall, on a daily basis:

6.1) Update its file on seafarers who already voted; and,

6.2) E-mail the updates to all Posts.

7) The Posts upon receipt of the updates from the COAV, indicate opposite the name of the seafarer in the OAVF No. 2-A the date and place where he voted.

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