KUALA LUMPUR – The Election Commission (EC) is actively conducting a campaign educating voters about the voting process including filling out postal ballot papers ahead of the general election (GE15).
In a video uploaded on the EC’s official Facebook account today, its academy director Hasanul Isyraf Naim explains the steps needed to be carried out once the voter receives the postal ballot envelope.
He said for voters in Perlis, Pahang and Perak which have both state and parliamentary elections, each voter would receive a brown-coloured envelope containing two smaller envelopes – one white and the other pink; while voters in other states will only receive white envelopes for the parliamentary election.
“Inside envelope B (white), is a piece of paper which is (named) Form 2 and an envelope marked A (which contains the ballot paper),” he explained.
Hasanul Isyraf said voters need to have another person who is Malaysian aged 18 as a witness to compare the serial number on the ballot paper with the numbers on Envelope A and Form 2.
“Anyone can be called as a witness, a relative, a brother or sister, or even a neighbour. No problem,” he said.
He also said, if all the numbers tally, then the voters and witnesses can fill in Form 2 according to the instructions given.
“The voter’s full name must be written in capital letters. Then the voter needs put down his or her signature or a thumbprint and write the identity card number and date.
“After that, the witness will write down his or her information on the space below and follow the instructions,” he said, adding that voters can proceed to put a cross on the box corresponding to the candidate of their choice.
Hasanul Isyraf also reminded postal voters not to mark the ballot paper in the presence of the witness because every vote is a secret.
“Put a cross in the box next to the candidate of your choice. One cross for one candidate only. Next, fold the ballot paper and insert it into Envelope A before sealing the envelope,” he said.
Hasanul Isyraf said that completed Form 2 must be refolded and put together with Envelope A into Envelope B (white) which already has the address of the election division manager.
He said similar steps are also used to complete the pink envelopes for voters in Perlis, Pahang and Perak.
According to him, the envelope can be sent to the nearest post office or the office of the election division manager.
The postal voters can watch the video via this Facebook link. – Bernama, November 10, 2022
