May
you guys always be in the shelter and grace of Allah S.W.T..
Evening
Everyone...
Yeah!
Being a 2nd time voter, I do forget what are the do and don'ts
during election. Voting is an important duty for Malaysians to choose &
vote for a better future.
It
is important for 1st time
voters to know the flow very well, especially what is the safety procedures to
ensure the secrecy of your votes , ensure that you vote is valid and unspoiled and also how does the ballot paper look like. :D
Oh,
don't forget the inedible ink. Remember to not let it smudge your ballot papers
or else it is considered void.
And
don't INSTAGRAM/FACEBOOK your ballot paper or during your time in the voting
room!You
will get in trouble with the law if you do that. Ha’a.... >_<
1. Be at the polling center real early, as I’m suspecting that there may be a
long queue due to the new polling process. Many will be sick of waiting and
waste their vote. Don't be a fool to do that. Polling center opens at 8am till
5pm. If queue is long, hang in there; do not leave even after 5pm once you
entered. Polling centre gate closes at 5:00pm sharp RTM time. Polling continues
till all in queue is done, regardless of time.
2.
Check on-line first (http://daftarj.spr.gov.my/semakpru13.aspx) and print out your
details before going to the voting centre. You may be able to by-pass the
Barung counter since you have a printout and know where to go and thus short
cut your time.
3.
Bring your IC, if you lost your IC, then use the temp IC. If you also lost your
temp IC, then you can use your passport. Avoid using passport as we the
counting agents will insist you fill up a Borang 11 which will take time, and
affects the queue. This time EC allows even Gov't employee tag... hmmm... polling
agent will seek verification if sees anyone using that.
4.
Make sure your left hand index finger is clean, any makings or stains will
caused you to be disallowed to vote. If you got band aid plaster on that
finger, they will require you to use the right hand index instead. The default
is left hand index finger. No stains allow on either fingers. The polling
kerani will mark your left index finger with an ink.
5.
Important! The ink will take about 30 second to dry. Bring along a tissue to
dry off your finger before holding your ballot papers. Any smudge or stain on
the ballot paper will render it spoiled vote. So be extremely careful. Now you
understand why you need to be there early.
6.
Your ballot paper will have a serial number, but must be clean of any extra
marking or words or stains, smudge, pencil/pen marking or dots or TEAR on all
the surface of the ballot papers. YOU CAN REJECT THE PIECE OF BALLOT PAPER AND
INSIST ON A NEW ONE IF YOU SEE ANY OF THOSE. Do not be intimidated by anyone
there as this is your ABSOLUTE RIGHT.
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| Picture Shown A BALLOT PAPER |
7.
Ensure that the kerani that handed you the ballot paper, do not write the
serial No. of your ballot papers next to your name on the list. He or she is supposed
to just neatly cross out your name on the list. If you see that she wrote
something, please raise hell. Make sure she crosses out your name on her list
and we will do the same on ours.
8.
If in some strange (may happen) event you were told that you have already
voted, eventho you have not, and your fingers have no markings, you MUST raise
hell. We the polling agents will raise hell too. It means that somebody has
voted on your behalf. You will be required to fill forms and etc. Remember,
your constitutional right to vote.
9.
Do not wear any t-shirt or buttons or hat that is aligned to any of the
political parties. You will be ask to remove or disallowed to enter the polling center.
10.
When casting your vote, be careful not to make any other marks on the ballot
paper. You will be using a pen instead of the usual pencil. So if you make a
mistake and it is accidental, please request for a new ballot paper. They have
10% extra papers to cater for this sort of things.
11.
Fold the ballot paper neatly in half checking to see that all is in order
before proceeding to the ballot boxes. Here, we will have 2 ballot boxes for
Parliament and State.
12.
At the ballot boxes, SHOW and put the ballot paper into their corresponding
box. Stand there to ensure that the kerani push your vote into the box. Please
do not have any tissue or other paper in your hands as you may be stopped for
search by the Polling agent. We are trained to look out for people
who
brings out their blank voting papers to sell. Don't do that, you’ll go to jail.
13.
This time, we have 4 candidates for Parliament and 3 candidates for State.
Please vote wisely and your vote is your right and it is nobody's bizzness on
who you vote for it is PnC.
14.
I am not aware of any special lane for the disabled or elderly.
15.
Please send the words out to all your foreign friends or employees to avoid
being seen near or around all polling centers They may put themselves in harm’s
way. This is actually a warning to all of them that I got in the internet.
Especially those who somehow got blue IC.
Please
do read again what I have written and feel free to forward to all your friends,
make sure that everyone goes to vote. Every vote counts. This election is most
crucial.
Don't be shy to voice your opinions in the "Response" tab!
Thanks for reading ;)
Foot
Note~ Oh my... sorry for my broken English.. errr...or... MANGLISH?? :D