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Malaysians abroad scramble to meet voting deadline amid late ballot deliveries

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Tan Ai Leng

Published Tue, Nov 15, 2022 · 06:15 PM
    • There are close to 50,000 overseas voters will be casting their ballots in upcoming polls – six times higher than 8,000 voters in the previous election.
    • Nirmala Devi Windgaetter, secretary general of Global Bersih, said overseas voters who haven't received their ballots are worried that they might not be able to make it on time to send their votes back to Malaysia.
    • There are close to 50,000 overseas voters will be casting their ballots in upcoming polls – six times higher than 8,000 voters in the previous election. PHOTO: REUTERS
    • Nirmala Devi Windgaetter, secretary general of Global Bersih, said overseas voters who haven't received their ballots are worried that they might not be able to make it on time to send their votes back to Malaysia. PHOTO: GLOBAL BERSIH

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    WITH four days left until Malaysia’s 15th general election, many overseas voters have yet to receive their mail-in ballots as of Nov 15 (Tuesday) – with some ballots likely to reach voters only after the Nov 19 polls.

    A voter living in New Zealand expressed disappointment in the Malaysia GE15 Overseas Postal Voting FAQ Facebook group, saying her ballot paper was only sent out on Nov 11, and is expected to arrive at her home on Nov 21, two days after the election.

    A voter from Singapore told The Business Times (BT) that her ballot paper reached her on Tuesday morning, leaving her just four days to complete the voting process, including sending the ballot forms to her voting centre some 350 km from the island state.

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