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A registered voter from Legazpi City, Albay will be away from his place of registration during the local elections because he will attend a two-week training in Tabaco, Albay, a different municipality within the same province. He seeks to cast his 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 the facts, determine whether he may vote in Tabaco under LAV, and if so, describe the steps he must take to cast his ballot and how his vote would be counted.