PUTRAJAYA: Voters who accidentally smudge their ballot papers with
the indelible ink need not worry as they can ask for a replacement, said
Election Commission (EC) secretary Datuk Kamaruddin Mohamed Baria.
“However,
they need to return the smudged papers before getting new ones. The
indelible ink dries up very fast so there is no need to worry,” he said
yesterday.
He was responding to postings on social media which
urged voters to wrap their marked fingers in cling film to prevent their
ballot papers from getting smudged and thus declared null.
On
ploys to convince people to mark their fingers with ink prior to polling
day, Kamaruddin said such tactics would not work as they would not be
allowed to vote.
The indelible ink lasts for one week.
Monday 29 April 2013
Voters can ask to replace smudged ballot papers
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Penjelasan SPR kenapa pengundi tak perlu bimbang pasal indelible ink:
ReplyDeleteThe Election Commission (EC) said today that it is not worried about the election ink that can be washed off, stressing that voters cannot vote twice with one IC number.
Penjelasan SPR kenapa pengundi tak perlu bimbang pasal indelible ink:
ReplyDelete“I’m not worried about indelible ink washed off today because tomorrow you cannot vote,” EC deputy chairman Datuk Wan Ahmad Wan Omar told reporters at SMK Bukit Bandaraya polling centre in Bangsar.
Lagi penjelasan SPR:
ReplyDeleteWan Ahmad, however, dismissed reports of phantom voters in the 13th general election, saying: “Everybody can make reports. I went to tell the people, don’t believe them.”
He stressed that foreigners did not have MyKads, and hence could not vote.