Election type

Republic Act No. 9189 / The Overseas Absentee Voting Act of 13 February 2003, amended by Republic Act No. 10590 27 May 2013. 

SEC. 3. Section 4 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 4. Coverage. - All citizens of the Philippines abroad, who are not otherwise disqualified by law, at least eighteen (18) years of age on the day of elections, may vote for President, Vice-President, Senators and Party-List Representatives, as well as in all national referenda and plebiscites."

Referendums were included by the amendments made in 2013.