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'TOL VIEWS Senator Francis N. Tolentino The first system of absentee voting was enacted in the United States in 1862, when Wisconsin became the first state to allow absentee voting by Union soldiers during the Civil War. The US gradually enacted laws granting overseas citizens the right to vote in...

‘TOL VIEWS Senator Francis N. Tolentino All around the world, governments have been issuing warnings to their citizens to not let their guard down during the holiday season as the COVID-19 pandemic remains a significant threat to public health and safety. In October and November, Canada and the...

TOL VIEWS   Senator Francis ‘Tol’ N. Tolentino Last 7 December 2020, the Senate adopted Senate Resolution No. 585, filed by Senator Richard J. Gordon, honoring and commemorating the delegates of the constitutional conventions, and celebrating the 50th anniversary of the 1971 Constitutional...