STRERAM: 70PC WILL RETURN TO VOTE

Special PH team contacting outstation voters to come back and cast their votes

RANTAU by-election candidate Dr S. Streram believes that 70 per cent of 6,000 outstation voters will return home to cast their ballots on polling day.

Dr Streram, who represents Pakatan Harapan, said for the past two weeks, the party’s election machinery had been implementing strategies to increase the voter turnout on April 13.

“We have many strategies, as well as a special team to contact outstation voters to come back and vote.

“We began implementing these strategies two weeks ago to remind constituents to fulfil their duty as voters,” he said during a gotong-royong event in Rantau.

He said data gathered by PH’s statistics team showed that at least 30 per cent of Rantau’s 20,926 registered voters lived and worked in nearby towns and cities, including Kuala Lumpur, Seremban, Melaka and Johor Baru.

The Election Commission (EC) recently sent voter cards to registered voters in the Rantau constituency to encourage them to cast their ballots on polling day.

The cards contain information, such as the voter’s polling centre, channel, number, date and time to vote.

Those who have received their cards can proceed to their respective polling centres and channels as stated in the cards.

However, voters are still required to bring their identity cards for verification purposes.

The Rantau by-election sees a four-cornered fight between Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan from Barisan Nasional, Dr Streram from Pakatan Harapan, and two independent candidates, R. Malarvizhi and Mohd Nor Yassin.

The by-election was called after the Federal Court dismissed an appeal filed by Mohamad to set aside an Election Court decision to declare his victory in the 14th General Election (GE14) null and void.

Mohamad had won the seat uncontested in May 2018 after Dr Streram was unable to submit his nomination papers after being denied entry into the nomination centre for not having a pass issued by the EC.

The seat has 20,926 registered voters, including 118 early voters and four absentee voters.

PIC BY ADZLAN SIDEK Pakatan Harapan’s candidate for the Rantau by-election, Dr S. Streram (left), chatting with residents during a walkabout in Rantau yesterday.