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their stuff, such as ball pens, when they go to their designated polling precincts.

She added, "Dugay naman nato na gina-encourage sa mga establishments and offices. Mas maayo to bring your own stuff kasi wala man ta kabalo kinsa naggunit ana and definitely, kinahanglan gyud mag-hand hygiene. You have to wash your hands, bring your alcohol with you kung kinahanglan nimo idisinfect isa ka bagay nga gunitan nimo(We have been encouraging it in establishments and offices. It's better to bring your stuff since we don't know who also held those things and definitely, hand hygiene is vital. You have to wash your hands, and bring your alcohol with you if you need to disinfect something that you need to hold). Again, face mask, hand hygiene, and bring your stuff).”

Comelec-Davao assistant regional director Gay Enumerables said they even have a resolution that aside from the face masks, the wearing of a face shield is also required during election day but she was quick to add that it still depends on the IATF guidelines.

"Magdala ug ballpen, suot face mask. Pagsulod sa eskwelahan, duna'y thermal scanning, kung normal ang temperatura mudiretso sila sa voter's assistance desk. Kung wala sila kabalo asa sila nga cluster precinct nalista didto nila tan-awon ang precinct number ug sequence number (Bring your ballpen and wear your face mask. When entering the school, there's thermal scanning at the entrance, if the temperature is normal, they can proceed to the voter's assistance desk. If they don't know their cluster precint, they can check their precinct number and sequence number there),". Enumerables said during the Madayaw Davao program of 87.5 FM Davao City Disaster Radio (DCDR) on April 21.

However, she said that if a voter has a temperature of 37.5 or more, he or she will be assisted to the isolation polling place (IPP), a classroom near the entrance, by medical personnel. A ballot will be handed to them and they can cast and feed their ballots inside the

IPP. After voting, they can then leave the IPP.

But she also said high temperature may be due to the hot weather condition so they may be asked to rest awhile, go under a shade, or drink water before they go through the thermal scanning again.

Enumerables also reminded voters to come early and have a list of their candidates ready.

She added that wearing tshirts with a candidate's name or photo is prohibited, as well as taking a picture of one's ballot or taking a selfie with it.

She also said, "There's no campaigning on election day for that would be an election offense. Do not have any unnecessary markings on your ballot but only shade the ovals or circles fully. Otherwise, it might be rejected by the voter counting machine (VCM). If you have shaded a candidate then later realized you shaded the wrong one, you cannot cross it and shade another because that would already be overvoting and that position will not be counted at all."

All VCMs, according to her, have arrived and are being stored inside the compound of Comelec's logistic partner. These are guarded by personnel of the Philippine National Police (PNP). The ballots are expected to arrive by the end of April.