Fw: [GlobalBersih] EC Commissioner issues postal voting details [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

[Jordan Sugunasingam]

FYI- we might have to start planning around this.

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Subject:	[GlobalBersih] EC Commissioner issues postal voting details
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Folks, here is some good news, from the proceedings with Bar Council:

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On 02/03/2013 11:13 PM, MyOverseasVote wrote:

EC Commissioner Dato P Manogran today provided a very thorough clarification on overseas voting at the Bar Council. Thanks to PY for some very helpful points and pressure. Some points:

- Applications for overseas postal votes will close upon the dissolution of Parliament. Candidates will be given a list of postal voters in their constituency on nomination day.

- Overseas postal voters will be informed by email of the date for postal voting at their embassy/high commission as soon as practicable after nomination day.

- Political parties will be allowed to appoint polling agents at each embassy and high commission overseas.

- Dato Manogran said that he will check with the EC on our request to have party polling agents at EC HQ in Putrajaya to count and record the number of postal ballots when they are despatched and returned via diplomatic pouch.

- Overseas ballot collection will take place on the day communicated by email and the sealed diplomatic pouch will be returned on the same day, but voters can also choose to courier their ballots themselves to their constituency returning officer.

- After postal voting day, any uncollected ballots will be sealed and returned and will not be posted to the voter.

If we can have polling agents at the embassies and high commissions to check the numbers of ballots received, collected and returned, and also at the EC HQ to count and tally the ballots when they are sorted from constituency to embassy on the way out, and vice versa on the way back, and if uncollected ballots are similarly accounted and tallied, then we will have dealt with the biggest concern regarding the integrity of the postal ballots.

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