The Election Commission should set up overseas polling stations in Singapore in the upcoming 2022 Johor state election
- The Johor state assembly was dissolved a few days ago.
- There are about 400,000 Malaysians who are working in Singapore, of which many of them are Johorians. This is a significant number of voters that would affect the outcome of the state elections.
- However, the vaccinated-travel-lane (VTL) limits the number of voters who can travel back to vote in the upcoming Johor state election.
- In order to participate in the election, hundreds of thousands of Johor voters have to register and cast postal votes.
- I hope that the Election Commission will not make life difficult for Johor voters. It must show strong commitment to allow more qualified Johor voters to vote.
- The refusal to make allowance for an easier method for Johorean voters in Singapore to vote is a blatant disrespect of their constitutional democratic rights. There should not be hurdles set up nor the process cumbersome to prevent qualified voters from voting.
- With that, I call upon the Election Commission to set up overseas polling stations in the High Commission of Malaysia in Singapore.
Teo Nie Ching
MP for Kulai
