Martin Diño, DILG undersecretary for village affairs, on Sunday said vote-buying, harassments, “flying” voters and threats from candidates in the May 14 elections were only some of the fraudulent practices that could be expected. He noted that vote-buying seems to have become rampant even as he accused some village officials of offering as much as P3,000 bribes to voters in their respective areas ahead of Election Day. He said voters can send videos of such anomalies to the DILG and the Commission on Elections. According to Dino, officials running for village and Youth Council positions who are caught buying votes face perpetual disqualification from public office and imprisonment. ‘Flying’ voters or those who hop from one voting precinct to another or several others, Dino said, will be arrested and detained.

Source: Manila Times May 13, 2018 16:41 UTC