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title: Don't Sell Your Vote!
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/dont-sell-your-vote-1953/
description: A Philippine anti-vote-buying poster. A helmeted rifleman and a ring of portraits stand around the national flag behind a padlocked ballot box, and the…
section: Collection
---

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# Don't Sell Your Vote!

A Philippine anti-vote-buying poster. A helmeted rifleman and a ring of portraits stand around the national flag behind a padlocked ballot box, and the headline calls a sold vote a betrayal of 'your heroes'. The tell is transfer: the prestige of soldiers and national figures is attached to casting an uncorrupted ballot.

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
DON'T BETRAY YOUR HEROES--THE MEN
WHO FOUGHT FOR YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE

BOX
for
VALID BALLOTS

DON'T SELL YOUR VOTE !
```

No imprint or credit line is printed on the sheet.

[← 成功 / 失敗 (Success / Failure), U.S. two-panel poster](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/success-and-failure-two-panel-usia-poster-1953/) [Don't Betray Your Heroes: Don't Sell Your Vote! (poster distributed in the Philippines) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/dont-sell-your-vote-philippines-1953/)

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