A viral photo claims that a national ID is required to vote in the 2025 midterm elections, according to a supposed advisory from the Commission on Elections (Comelec). This is fake.
First posted on May 3, the photo bore the logo of Comelec and carried text that read:
“PLEASE INFORMED YOUR FAMILY ASAP.
Public Advisory. NO NATIONAL ID NO VOTE. Bring your national ID on May 12 mandatory.”
A post featuring the same image includes a link that supposedly allows voters to verify their eligibility, but instead leads to a product page on a shopping website.
The Comelec said the advisory is “fake news”.
“The supposed ‘No National ID, No Vote’ public advisory is FALSE and DID NOT ORIGINATE from the Commission on Elections,” the poll body said in a Facebook post.
“It was not posted on the official and verified social media channels of the COMELEC on any social media platform,” it added.
The poll body also clarified that voters will only be asked to present a valid ID if their identity cannot be verified through the Election Day Computerized Voter’s List (EDCVL).
Registered voters whose names appear on the EDCVL at the precinct, have received their voter’s information sheet, or whose names appear on the online precinct finder are eligible to vote, according to Comelec Chair George Garcia in an interview with Super Radyo dzBB.
The poll body also urged the public to always verify election-related information through official sources.
The fake photo emerged nearly a week before election day on May 12.
While the original post has since been deleted, the image continues to spread online with one post gathering 683 shares, 97 reactions, and 75 comments as of writing.