KUALA LUMPUR: In Nottingham in the UK, Malaysian student Ana (not her real name) has just found out the ballot paper she needs to vote in nationwide polls is only arriving on May 9 - the day of the elections.
According to new guidelines, the Election Commission will post ballot papers to overseas voters, unless they live in Singapore or Southern Thailand. It is then up to them, however, to mail it back to their constituencies by 5pm on May 9, from wherever they are across the globe.
For Ana, that is now an impossible feat.
More at https://www.prolificcrap.com/forum/...s-malaysians-frustrated-at-late-ballot-papers
According to new guidelines, the Election Commission will post ballot papers to overseas voters, unless they live in Singapore or Southern Thailand. It is then up to them, however, to mail it back to their constituencies by 5pm on May 9, from wherever they are across the globe.
For Ana, that is now an impossible feat.
More at https://www.prolificcrap.com/forum/...s-malaysians-frustrated-at-late-ballot-papers