Manila, March 24 -- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) reminded local candidates to remove their illegal and oversized election materials before the local campaign begins on March 28.

Comelec Acting Assistant Regional Director and concurrent Antique Provincial Election Supervisor Wil Arceno said materials outside the designated common poster areas in municipalities have to be taken down three days before the start of the campaign period for local candidates.

"I am sending letters to the local candidates in Antique for them to already remove starting tomorrow (Tuesday) their illegal and oversized campaign materials," Arceno said in an interview on Monday.

Illegally posted campaign materials are those not found in plazas, markets, an...