Application for postal voting facility opens today

PUTRAJAYA: Malaysian nationals who are registered as voters and eligible to vote in the upcoming 14th general election (GE14) but currently residing abroad, can apply for postal voting facility from today.

However, Election Commission (EC) chairman Tan Sri Mohd Hashim Abdullah said they must first fulfill several conditions, including having registered as a voter (under the regular or absent voter category), having been in Malaysia or returning to Malaysia not less than 30 days within five years before the dissolution of Parliament or State Assembly, and having been residing abroad.

“Those who are eligible and meet the conditions may apply for postal voting facility using Form 1B,” he said in a statement yesterday.

He said those who were residing in southern Thailand (Narathiwat, Pattani, Yala, Songkhla and Satun), Singapore, Brunei and Kalimantan province, Indonesia, however, cannot apply for the facility and must return to Malaysia to cast their votes on polling day.

Mohd Hashim said the EC had uploaded Form 1B onto its website at www.spr.gov.my.

The guidelines to fill in the form could also be downloaded from the website, he said.

He said the completed form must be sent to EC headquarters in Putrajaya, either by email to upup@spr.gov.my; or fax to 03-8881 0424/ 0399/ 0394/ 0386/ 0369; or mail to Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya Malaysia, Menara SPR, No.2 Jalan P2T, Presint 2, Pusat Pentadbiran Kerajaan Persekutuan, 62100 Putrajaya (attn. Unit Pengurusan Undi Pos Luar Negara).

For enquiries, please contact the EC at 03-8881 0081 or email to upup@spr.gov.my