The Voter Agent Training recently conducted at
the PJ Civic Centre brought to the fore some very critical issues which every
Voter ought to know.
These are :
1. As soon as you enter the polling station, you
will be ushered to Kerani 1, who will check your
personal identity against your NRIC. He/she will then read out your name, NRIC
number and the Siri/Bilangan number in accordance to the List provided by the
Election Commission (SPR).
2. Once all that is verified, Kerani 1 will pass
your NRIC to the next officer, Kerani 2.
3. Here, Kerani 2
will hand you a ‘Kertas
Undi,’ which is identified by its Serial Number.
As a Voter, please know your rights. You have the constitutional right under
our Election Laws to NOT accept the ‘Kertas Undi’ that the officer assigns to
you. You CAN and should ask for a different ‘Kertas
Undi’ from a different book. To do that, just say to the officer, “Encik
(or Cik), saya minta Kertas Undi dari buku lain atau dari bawah.” Translated,
that is, “Sir (or Madam), I like to request a different ballot paper from a
different book or from below.” This must be done so that the Voter CANNOT be
identified via the SPR’s Master List. It will take just ONE voter to upset the
whole sequence, which will eventually affect the SPR’s Master List for that
voting centre. The aim of doing this is to SAFEGUARD
every Voter’s identity. No one has the right to know how you want to vote.
4. Once your ‘Kertas Undi’ is issued to you,
just stand there and do NOT leave immediately.Instead please CHECK BOTH SIDES of the ballot paper in order to
ensure that there are NO pencil markings or any other form of suspicious markings on it. If there are, REJECT the
ballot paper issued to you and instead request for these markings to be either
erased to your satisfaction or for you to be issued with a new ‘Kertas Undi.’
Also do NOT accept any loose-lying ‘Kertas Undi,’ which may have been strewn
about because it was rejected by someone else earlier. ALWAYS ask for a fresh ballot paper from the book.
An alternative, as suggested by certain other people via email, is to bring along your own
eraser so that when you see any pencil marks, you can rub them off
completely yourself.
5. Kerani 2 will then hand the ‘Kertas Undi’ to
the next officer, Kerani 3. Kerani 3 carries a
seal, which will be used to stamp your ‘Kertas Undi.’ PLEASE watch carefully
that the officer stamps your ballot paper FULLY and
CLEARLY. After that, see that it is folded into two before the ballot paper
is handed over to you. Incomplete stamp mark can and
will render your ballot paper as spoiled vote.
6. You can now proceed to the voting booth.
7. At the booth, please ensure that the ballot
paper has only your ONE marking of a single X. If for whatever reason,
suspicious or otherwise, you overlooked some pencil marks of numbers or
markings on the front or back of the ballot paper (ie other than your own
mark), please ERASE those markings completely.
REMEMBER, these markings can and will render your ballot spoiled – so be
Extra Cautious. The most careful approach is to check
your ‘Kertas Undi’ thoroughly before you accept it from the officer.
REMEMBER to check it in front of the
relevant officer so that if you have to reject it, he is right in front of you.
8. Do not be afraid or cower in fear when you
have to express your objections because there are representatives from the
various participating political parties who will be there to observe the whole
voting process and they are there to assist you as and when you need.
As mentioned earlier, It is this kind of
information that GUILTY PARTY does not want others to know. They thrive on
public ignorance so that they can do whatever they feel like brazenly.
One way to stop them is to send this information
to as many of your friends as possible so that everyone, on voting day, knows
exactly what to do, and is fully AWARE
of his/her constitutional voting rights.
Print this out and keep it safely. When Voting
Day finally arrives, it will be handy for you to access and read again.
PLEASE bring along your own pencil ERASER.
It is VITAL that we get this information across to as many people as
possible.
AFTER THIS GO TO IMAGE DOA on my right sidebar to check if you are still a registered voter and your polling station has not been changed.