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Maria Clara Dizon, a registered voter of Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental, will be away from her place of registration during the local elections because she has a two-week training program in Sibulan, Negros Oriental, which is in the same province. She seeks to cast her vote under Local Absentee Voting (LAV). (a) Identify the controlling doctrine for Local Absentee Voting and who is eligible to vote under LAV. (b) Distinguish Local Absentee Voting from Overseas Absentee Voting, focusing on the place where the ballot is cast and how it is counted. (c) Applying Maria’s facts, determine whether she may vote in Sibulan under LAV, and if so, describe the steps she must take to cast her ballot and how her vote would be counted.