Postal votes from Melbourne on its way to EC headquarters

April 29, 2013

MELBOURNE, April twenty-nine Two tactful bags containing postal votes of Malaysians who expel their ballots here yesterday have been upon their approach to a Election Commission headquarters in Putrajaya.

They were despatched from a Malaysian Consulate during noon currently after they were secured as well as hermetic under a supervision of a Consul-General, Dr Mohd Rameez Yahaya.

Rameez declined to reveal a exact number of Malaysians who had voted though it is believed which some-more than 80 per cent of a some-more than 1,000 postal electorate had exercised their electoral rights during a consulate in St Kilda Road here.

Rameez pronounced a choosing by casting votes proceeded uniformly without any hitches.

However, a handful of Malaysians, who did not register as abroad electorate as compulsory by law, attempted to gate-crash as well as insisted upon voting.

We explain to them a processes concerned as well as because they could not vote here though they were not confident as well as lifted their voices.

Our website clearly explains what was compulsory of Malaysians in order to vote. It was appreciative to note many electorate followed a rules, he said.

As for electorate waiting dual to four hours in queues to vote, Rameez pronounced it was beyond his control, with usually 6 consulate staff available to check writings as well as choosing by casting votes papers.

The 8 eccentric observers were impressed during a approach consulate staff worked under impassioned pressure. Bernama