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03-30-2007, 01:02 PM
INQUIRER.net
03/29/2007

MANILA, Philippines -- Around 504,000 overseas Filipino workers have registered to vote, an official of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said Thursday.

There were 138,813 more overseas absentee voters than 2004’s 365,187, Election commissioner Resurreccion Borra said.

Bora said the final tally of registered voters in the country is 45,055,599.

The current total number of registered voters represents an increase of 1,641,387 from 2004’s 43,918,172.

Voters registered in the country increased by 1,502,614 from the 43,552,985 in 2004.

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