Section 25Sec./Art. 25

Section 17 of the same Act is hereby renumbered as Section 25 and is amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 25. Voting by Mail. -

"25.1. x x x

"(a) x x x;

"(b) x x x; and

"(c) x x x.

"25.2. The overseas voter shall send her/his accomplished ballot to the corresponding post that has jurisdiction over the country where she/he temporarily resides. She/He shall be entitled to cast her/his ballot at any time upon her/his receipt thereof: Provided, That the same is received before the close of voting on the day of elections. The overseas absentee voter shall be instructed that her/his ballot shall not be counted if not transmitted in the special envelope furnished her/him.

"25.3. Only mailed ballots received by the post before the close of voting on the day of elections shall be counted in accordance with Section 27 hereof. All envelopes containing the ballots received by the posts after the prescribed period shall not be opened, and shall be cancelled and disposed of appropriately, with a corresponding report thereon submitted to the Commission not later than thirty (30) days from the day of elections."