amendment to election offences act malaysia r1 190412

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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

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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