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Serial No. On My Voting Slip!

8 March, 2008 (11:31) | point out

I just finished casting my vote and boy to I have news. When I took a look at my voting ballot slip I straight away noticed that there was a Serial Number on each of the ballot slip. And mind you I’m not talking about the white paper with the voting room (Saluran) number on it. I’m talking about the ballot slips - 1 orange the other yellowish in colour!

I am under the impression that there should not be any such numbers or marks of identification that could possibly render my voting choice being know to the powers that be. Isn’t this one of the new changes that BERSIH requested and the EC are supposed to comply to?

When I asked the guy who seemed to be in charge of the counter I voted at, he said that that’s normal and the serial number are for them to count how many people have voted. Is this true? Could I be wrong? I’m not sure exactly. I would have taken a picture of the ballot paper if I was sure that it was legal and if also I have a decent camera phone, and posted it online with this here post.

I don’t want to blow up this issues into a big bruhaha all over nothing. I’m very very worried of this and I’m trying to get in contact with BERSIH to talk to someone about this matter!

For you blogers, Malaysians, netizens and anyone else who think that this is odd - fyi my voting district info is as follows:

Kod Dearah : 146/15/02

Nama Daerah : MAHARANI

Nama D.U.N : MAHARANI

Nama Parlimen : MUAR

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    I honestly think your issue is a non-issue.
    All ballots have to have their own serial number for calculation purposes and fraud detection (note that its not for prevention). Think the same as our ringgit malaysia.

    When you entered, they called out your serial number, and in elections past, your serial number would be on the ballot paper.

    This time around, the only number on the ballot paper is a different serial number (call your other friends to notice this when they vote, just to see if I am correct). This elections, your vote truly is secret, and your blog post might just scare people into voting based on fear.

    P.S. You're not allowed to use cameras in the polling stream :)
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    I want to add that since this is a new rule, some veteran election clerks might not know this and will mark your VOTER serial number on the ballot. This is not allowed, and you should state so immediately.
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    Proud of you to have voted so fast. I haven't vote yet.
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    I really hope that you're right Klaw. I'm hoping that this serial no. is truly a non-issue. Also thanks for the info on the use of a camera.

    Yet I clearly remember people telling me that there is not supposed to be any sort of number on the ballot paper! So I stumped on the issue.

    Also it's not my intention to scare people to vote in fear! I absolutely support free and fair elections for each and every one. I've been telling people to go and vote and not to abstain from voting as their vote can make a difference.
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    My hubby has voted a few times. He is an accountant i.e. very sharp eyes. LOL. The ballot chit will have numbers but this time, they don't note which ballot chit number matches with which voter. Previously, they noted the ballot chit and the voter registration number. This time, they don't.

    The ballot chit has to have numbers or else you can trust that our EC will dump a lorry load into some seats. LOL.

    So, I think we can safely say that this time, the Government really cannot find out who voted for who.
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    Jasraj,
    Yes, I hav read through your previous posts and the fact that you bring this up shows that you really care for a free and fair elections.

    My concerns stem from various friends who are employed by the government that are afraid of voting against the government for fear of backlash. I've had to explain to them that their voter serial number will not be recorded on the ballot paper, so I have been trying hard to educate them on the secrecy of their vote.

    Of course, the same can't be said about the army and police postal votes, because they have to submit an identification form with their postal votes, clearly their votes are not confidential.

    Anyway, keep up the fight for free and fair elections, that's what all Malaysians deserve :)
 

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