amendment to election offences act malaysia r1 190412
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Highlights the drastic change of layout polling position, and addition of a Election Commission clerk, that in tandem would allow phantom voters to slip through under the polling agent's noses...TRANSCRIPT
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AMENDMENTS TO ELECTION OFFENCES ACT
– IMPLICATIONS!
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Removing the right of political parties to set up booths to assist voters establish their names on the electoral roll and saluran numbers, identity of voters before going into polling stations ( called "pondok panas" ) [Section (26)(1)(e)]
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Removing the right of political parties to have representatives observing the process in the SPR booths inside polling stations ( Barung SPR ) where voters check their names and get their saluran numbers etc [section 26A]
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Amending section 14 (1A) so that the SPR would dictate the time of arrival and departure of polling and counting agents of candidates at polling stations. The current law provided for polling and counting agents to arrive at the time decided by the political parties as long as they stayed at the polling stations for at least 2 hours.
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Removal of section 11(1)(c) requiring all printed material during campaign to bear the name of the publisher and printer. This has opened the door to a dirtier election where all sorts of defamatory or inflammatory material could be put out without anyone taking responsibility for them.
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Key Roles
During Election
- Overvie
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Ketua PACABA, Timb Ket PACABA
Key Roles During Election
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Key EC / SPR Roles
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50 metre zone
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Votes are cast and counted in public venues such as public schools.
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Max 3,850 voters in 6 Polling Stations/saluran (classrooms).
Each saluran max 700 voters, Saluran 1 for oldest voters have 350 voters.Every candidate should be represented by Polling Agents and Counting Agents in all salurans at all times! Winning in a campaign without PACA’s to monitor & record results is pointless!
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Polling Station/Saluran 1. Barung SPR assign voters to various saluran and issues them with a
Saluran Slip.Per Saluran Max 700 Voters.
Voter walks to Saluran
BARUNG OBSERVER
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SPR Tag
Barung SPR (within 50 metre zone): To verify if voters are in this voting centre and direct them
to their respective voting streams
Kerani Penyemak Dafter Pemilih (KPDP) will issue voters a Saluran slip indicating Nombor
Bilangan and Polling Station
VOTER ROLL:
Daftar Pemilih:
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BARUNG ROLE-PLAY:
Pre-polling: Door-to-door canvasing to recognize voters and identify phantoms. Prepare schedule of phantoms.Polling day: Look out for phantoms,Inspect every MyKad to identify and screen out postal voters,Ensure only genuine voters are issued Saluran Slip,Fill up Tally (Voter Turn-out) Sheet,Issue Protest Letter to KTM 1 (only deal with KTM 1),Ensure no campaigning around Barung,Ensure genuine voters are not turned away,If voter goes to wrong Polling Centre, get Ketua PACABA to help the voter.
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Voting Process Flow
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SPR Clerks
Polling Agent
PA
Presiding Officer (KTM)
Police Officer
Ballot Box
Voting Counter
1 2 3
One stream,
two doors
Enter
Exit
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SPR Clerks
Clerk 1: Match Identity Document with voter roll.
Read i/c no from ID only, not from voter roll. Not allowed to record ballot serial no. on
the voter roll.
Clerk 2: Tear Ballot Paper from Ballot
Book. Not allowed to record voter Bil on ballot counterfoil.
Clerk 3: Emboss ballot paper.
1 2 3
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Polling Agents (PA): One for each party.One for Parliament & One for DUN !!!!
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Kerani SPRPA
Ketua Tempat Mengundi KTM
Pegawai Polis
Peti Undi
Petak Undi
1 2 3
SATU SALURAN DUA PINTU
Masuk
Keluar
BA
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CARA MENGUNDIPA
Jarak di antara Kerani SPR sekurangnya 6”
Tempat Memangkah Undi
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[COE 1981] Regulation 13 (3) mentions “screen from observation” but not how high. 12” is high enough for secrecy purposes.
PACA Schedule
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7:00am 12 noon 2pm 4.30pm 5pm10am
BA1 BA1 BA1BA2 BA2
PA1 starts at 6:30am,BA1 starts at 7:00am CA stays on
till counting ends
TWO HOURLY SHIFTS ON POLLING DAY
PA1 PA1 PA1 CA=PA2 PA2
Answer: Kerani 4 will allow the KTM to open a new voter queue, overwhelming the PA in the process!
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KP4
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There is no way the Polling Agent can cope! He will be overwhelmed and the phantom voters will walk over him!
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We must sit on 28th Apr 2012 at Dataran Merdeka to say we don’t accept this!
Thank You