Jom Balik Undi: Malaysian 'Traffic Jam' At Singapore Customs #PRU13

Malaysians residing overseas who have registered as postal voters decide their own voting mission, not the Election Commission (EC).

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Malaysians residing overseas who have registered as postal voters decide their own voting mission, not the Election Commission (EC). "The EC does not decide this for them," he said.

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Wan Ahmad said postal voters are not required to have indelible ink marked on their finger when they cast their vote.

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In an attempt to address the car pooling being planned in the city state ahead of polling day, EC said Malaysians coming home to vote on May 5 can only cross in a Malaysian-registered vehicle.

EC deputy chair Dato Wan Ahmad said: “Singapore authorities should also investigate if Singapore cars are used to help in the Malaysian general election.

He advised the Singapore Government to investigate the identity of the car owners or the people hiring the vehicles “to avoid the issue of foreigners interfering in the internal politics”.

Ahmad said that if passengers are Malaysian and they are travelling in vehicles hired by Malaysians they would be fine.

Fears about the issuing of absentee ballots has led to the hundreds of thousands of Malaysian expats in Singapore opting to cross into Malaysia by car, bus and or on foot in order to cast their votes.

It also urged Singapore’s Foreign Ministry to investigate reports that registered private vehicles were being used to send Malaysian voters home to vote.

EC secretary Datuk Kamaruddin said the EC had set April 28 for the submission and acceptance of Priority Envelopes containing the postal ballots.

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Postal ballots in London, United Kingdom, and Melbourne, Australia is scheduled from from 9am to 8pm while other Malaysian mission is from 9am to 6pm.

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"The Malaysian missions in London and Melbourne have an extension of two hours because they have postal voters exceeding 1,000 people," he said in a statement, here, on Monday.

He said all the registered voters must be present at the Malaysian missions and furnish their identity cards or international passports to the EC personnel on duty.

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"Malaysian residents abroad are expected to be able to check on the outcome of their requests to vote via post and information at the EC website at www.spr.gov.my starting April 19, 2013," he said.

All Malaysian citizens living abroad who have registered as postal voters will cast their votes at Malaysian missions overseas on April 28.

This also includes absentee voters.

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A tour agent in Subang Jaya said many customers are making alterations to their holiday plans to accommodate the election.

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“My Overseas Vote Facebook page tells us not to book tickets home until we find out on April 20 whether we can vote from overseas,” she said.

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Some are facing hiccups in registering as postal voters. A registered voter residing in the UK, Lim Ai Leen, said she is still awaiting the confirmation on her registration as a postal voter.

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The Election Commission (EC) has set an early polling date for postal and absent voters on April 30.

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A dismal 6,298 Malaysians out of over 700,000 Malaysians living abroad have registered as postal voters.

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“We have information that millions of Malaysians are living overseas, but only a small number have registered, possibly because they are busy with their work."

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“I would have thought there would be 100,000 or even 200,000 overseas people (Malaysians) registering to vote,” he told The Star yesterday.

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A general election must be called before the end of April, and it might be the tightest ever.

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According to insiders, Najib has to call for elections between Feb 20 and March 20, thus losing the advantage of an element of surprise.

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The elections are rumored to be coming soon, probably sometime in March 2008, during the school semester break.

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AirAsia X says that Malaysians living overseas who are registered voters can be sure of promo prices even if they book last minute.

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Jom Balik Undi’s Facebook page caught our eye: “AirAsia X will make available some seats on our flights at low-fares for registered Malaysian voters in our destinations to fly back to KL to vote.

Check your voting information/status, electoral roll checking. Please check your status constantly to ensure that your name is in the voters list or not being moved to another constituency.

To end discrimination against Malaysian citizens who are living or working outside Malaysia.

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They urged citizens abroad who could afford the trip home to do so and advised Malaysian-registered voters who cannot return home to submit their applications to be postal voters as soon as possible.

Called Jom Balik Undi, the campaigners William de Cruz and Adriene Leong, both based in Australia, in a statement described the upcoming polls as critical to the nation’s future.

Overseas Malaysians have launched a campaign to get their countrymen to return home to vote during the 13th general election to ensure a brighter future for the country.