MANILA, Philippines --- Buying and selling votes are election offenses that have corresponding penalties and jail time under the law, a Commission on Elections (Comelec) official warned Tuesday. "It's an election offense. You can be jailed, you can be fined and you can be disqualified from holding public office. Both 'yan, both the buyer and the seller," Comelec Spokesperson James Jimenez said in a press briefing as the campaign season reaches homestretch with less than two weeks left before election day. Jimenez also warned voters not to accept money from candidates who will try to buy their votes, saying that it is "practically everything that they can expect" from the candidate ...
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