Comelec bans paraphernalia showing candidate's face, name in voting precincts

By William B. Depasupil

May 03, 2022 6:52 pm

IT'S better to be Covid-19 positive because you will still be allowed to vote but not when you are wearing a shirt, face mask or hat with the face and name of a particular candidate on them, according to the Commission on Elections (Comelec).

Commissioner George Garcia on Tuesday warned that voters who wear either a t-shirt, a face mask, a hat or have a hand fan being the name or face of a particular candidate is an election offense punishable by one to six years imprisonment.

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