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Press Release
CHICAGO PCG CONDUCTS FINAL LOCKDOWN AND SEALING OF OVERSEAS
VOTING AND COUNTING SYSTEM (OVCS) AHEAD OF THE 2025 PHILIPPINE NATIONAL ELECTIONS
11 April 2025, Chicago, Illinois - The Philippine Consulate General in Chicago
successfully conducted its Overseas Voting and Counting System (OVCS) Final
Lockdown and Sealing (FLS) on 11 April 2025 at the Consulate’s Kalayaan Hall.
Consul Ma. Theresa M. Alders (left) enumerates the equipment and supplies to be used during the OVCS FLS (PHOTO COURTESY OF CHERYL NAVARRO)
The Final Lockdown and Sealing (FLS) was conducted by members of Post’s Special
Board of Election Inspectors (SBEI), led by SBEI Chairperson, Consul Ma. Theresa M. Alders, assisted by Poll Clerk Francis C. Galang, and witnessed by Third Member
Consul Melvin C. Almonguera. To provide transparency to the audience, the FLS
process was mirrored to a television (TV) screen.
Members of Post’s Electoral Board observes the conduct of OVCS FLS
(PHOTO COURTESY OF CHERYL NAVARRO)
The conduct of the FLS is to ensure that the general election is not yet initialized and guarantee that the OVCS contains zero (0) votes prior to the start of the election. It also ensures that only those voters who were able to pre-enroll will be able to access their ballots during the voting period.
SBEI Third Member Consul Melvin C. Almonguera signs one of the COMELEC paper seals (PHOTO COURTESY OF CHERYL NAVARRO)
Online voting starts on 13 April 2025 at 8:00 AM (US Central Standard Time) and will end on 12 May 2025 at 7:00 PM (Philippine Standard Time).END
SBEI Chairperson, Consul Ma. Theresa M. Alders, turns over to the SBRCG Chairperson, Ms. Rocylyn T. De Leon, the initialization receipt, sealed envelope for the COMELEC, and the collapsible box containing the other sealed envelope (PHOTO COURTESY OF CHERYL NAVARRO)
11 April 2025, Chicago, Illinois - The Philippine Consulate General in Chicago
successfully conducted its Overseas Voting and Counting System (OVCS) Final
Lockdown and Sealing (FLS) on 11 April 2025 at the Consulate’s Kalayaan Hall.
Consul Ma. Theresa M. Alders (left) enumerates the equipment and supplies to be used during the OVCS FLS (PHOTO COURTESY OF CHERYL NAVARRO)
The Final Lockdown and Sealing (FLS) was conducted by members of Post’s Special
Board of Election Inspectors (SBEI), led by SBEI Chairperson, Consul Ma. Theresa M. Alders, assisted by Poll Clerk Francis C. Galang, and witnessed by Third Member
Consul Melvin C. Almonguera. To provide transparency to the audience, the FLS
process was mirrored to a television (TV) screen.
Members of Post’s Electoral Board observes the conduct of OVCS FLS (PHOTO COURTESY OF CHERYL NAVARRO)
The conduct of the FLS is to ensure that the general election is not yet initialized and guarantee that the OVCS contains zero (0) votes prior to the start of the election. It also ensures that only those voters who were able to pre-enroll will be able to access their ballots during the voting period.
SBEI Third Member Consul Melvin C. Almonguera signs one of the COMELEC paper seals (PHOTO COURTESY OF CHERYL NAVARRO)
Online voting starts on 13 April 2025 at 8:00 AM (US Central Standard Time) and will end on 12 May 2025 at 7:00 PM (Philippine Standard Time).END
SBEI Chairperson, Consul Ma. Theresa M. Alders, turns over to the SBRCG Chairperson, Ms. Rocylyn T. De Leon, the initialization receipt, sealed envelope for the COMELEC, and the collapsible box containing the other sealed envelope (PHOTO COURTESY OF CHERYL NAVARRO)