3 constituencies have only one early voter each

Kuching: Three constituencies in the state election have only one early voter each.One voter will have a polling centre just to himself at the Kota Samarahan district police headquarters to vote for Sadong Jaya constituency, another at Simunjan in Gedong, and the third at Tabuan Jaya in Demak Laut.

Each of the stream will be served by an election officer, without the three voting clerks normally assigned to a stream.

The three voting centres, which can be reached by road, will be open from 8am to 2pm today (Tuesday).

Thirty-three of the 79 voting centres will close at 2pm and the rest at 5pm.

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A total of 24,604 early voters start casting their ballots Tuesday.

The electoral roll shows that Stakan constituency has the highest number of early voters with 7,055, followed by Bukit Sentosa (3,163), Nangka (3,043), Batu Kawah (1,241) and Sri Aman (1,075).

Registered voters in this state election total 1,138,650 of which 1,113,522 are normal voters, 25,022 early voters consisting of army, police and General Operations Force personnel and their spouses, and 106 absentee (overseas) postal voters.

The figure does not include early voters for the Bukit Kota and Bukit Sari seats which were won uncontested by Barisan Nasional candidates.

Sarawak Election Commission Director Datuk Takun Sunggah said: "I hope the voting process will go on smoothly.

We also hope the voters will turn up early to cast their votes and within the stipulated time," he told reporters here, Monday.

The ballot papers (early voting) will not be counted at the respective polling centres but instead be collected and kept in police lockups. Counting of these ballots will start at 4pm on polling day (May 7).

"It will be done at the vote tallying centres in the presence of the polling agents of the respective candidates," Malaysia Election Commission Secretary Datuk Abdul Ghani Salleh said in a statement here.

Abdul Ghani said indelible ink would be used in the early voting process just like in normal voting and will be handled by EC staff.

He said the ballot papers and indelible ink for the polls would be sent using three helicopters and two light aircraft.

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"Equipment for voting need to be sent by air to 41 state assembly seats, including areas in Sibu, Sri Aman, Miri and Batu Danau in Limbang, Saratok, Sarikei, Pakan, Julau, Kapit, Belaga, Sungai Isap, Tanjung Manis, Bario and Mukah," he said.

He said ballot papers for postal voting had been sent to the respective constituencies by April 27. – Bernama

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