EC will use two shades of indelible ink for polls

KUALA LUMPUR, March fourteen The Election Commission (EC) suggested currently which two colours of memorable ink will be used in the coming choosing to forestall double-voting by allege voters.

According to Star Online, EC chairman Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof (pictures) pronounced the opposite colour will be used for allege electorate to compute them from those cast of characters their ballot upon polling day itself.

We have been not disclosing the colours of the ink as well as it will remain the tip until polling day to ensure which no one copies the colour, the daily quoted him as observant after he had attended the lecture with district military chiefs as well as choosing officers in Kota Kinabalu.

The make use of of memorable ink, the pass demand of choosing watchdog Bersih 2.0, was made official in mid-February after it was gazetted by the EC.

According to Bernama Online, Abdul Aziz additionally pronounced currently which all 242,294 postal voters, including 94,613 military as well as 147,681 army personnel, will become allege electorate by default in the coming polls.

Advance choosing by casting votes was mooted by electoral reform groups like Bersih 2.0 as the way of you do divided with postal voting, which has often been criticised for the miss of transparency.

Postal choosing by casting votes has caused most debate as yet the routine was not transparent. Weve discussed this with the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) upon electoral reform, as well as it was concluded which an allege choosing by casting votes system be introduced in the election.

The allege choosing by casting votes routine is identical to the normal choosing by casting votes routine in which it wont make use of envelopes or bags; the usually disproportion is the time as well as day of polling, which may be two or three days prior to th! e tangib le polling day, Abdul Aziz was quoted as observant by the headlines agency.

The PSC was mooted by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak to demeanour in to electoral reforms prior to long after his administration earned widespread criticism over the doing of the pell-mell Bersih 2.0 Jul 9 convene last year.

The committee, which was since the six-month deadline to recommend improvements to the countrys electoral process, is approaching to list the findings in Parliament prior to Apr 2.

Among others, the committee has additionally endorsed which the EC delineate the method to allow all Malaysians vital abroad to vote during general elections.


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