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Voting Operations
VO003
Electors vote at
Question: Where can electors vote?
Answer(s):
a . At a specified polling station in the locality where they are registered at national elections b . At any polling station in the same voting district i . By tendered ballot
Comments: 39. —(1) Subject to subsections (1A) and (2A), no person shall be admitted to vote at any polling station except the polling station allotted to him.
(1A) Where an elector for any electoral division is employed as a presiding officer, police officer, or in any other official capacity at a polling station within that division, and it is inconvenient for him to vote at the polling station in the division which has been allotted to him, the Returning Officer may authorise the elector, by a certificate under his hand, to vote at any other polling station in the division, and that polling station shall, for the purposes of this section, be deemed to be the polling station allotted to that elector."
26.1. Every elector shall record his vote at each election in the electoral division for which he is registered.
Source: Parliamentary Elections Act, art. 39: http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/asia/SG/singapore-parliamentary-elections-act-2011/view (2017);
Presidential Elections Act, art. 26 (1): http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/asia/SG/singapore-president-elections-act-2011/view (2017).
Verified: 2017/03/24
VO004
Voting outside the country is permitted for
Question: Who can vote from outside the country?
Answer(s):
c . Citizens outside the country (including those on vacation) d . Members of the armed forces e . Students f . Diplomatic staff g . Other
Comments: 39. 1. Subject to section 7, any overseas elector who intends to cast his vote at the poll for a contested election in an electoral division may vote at —
(a) the overseas polling station allotted to him under section 13A by the Registration Officer; or
(b) the polling station in the electoral division allotted to him under section 36A(1)
Source: Parliamentary Elections Act, art. 13, 39A: http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/asia/SG/singapore-parliamentary-elections-act-2011/view (2017).
Verified: 2017/03/24
VO005
Locations for voting outside of the country
Question: If voting outside the country is permitted, at what places?
Answer(s):
a . Embassies b . Consulates
Comments: Parliamentary Elections Act, article 36A:
"(2) The Returning Officer may, for the purposes of the poll at any election, approve the use of such premises within any embassy, High Commission, diplomatic mission or consulate of Singapore situated in any territory outside Singapore as he thinks practicable or suitable as an overseas polling station for overseas electors to cast their votes thereat."
Source: Parliamentary Elections Act, art. 36A (2): http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/asia/SG/singapore-parliamentary-elections-act-2011/view (2017)
Verified: 2017/03/24
VO011
Voting method
Question: How do electors cast their votes?
Answer(s):
a . Manually marking of ballots d . Electronic voting machine
Comments:
Source: Parliamentary Elections Act, art. 42, 50A: http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/asia/SG/singapore-parliamentary-elections-act-2011/view (2017).
Verified: 2017/03/24
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