[Sg] - Warning! Anyone who posts an online poll (eg. forum, social media, etc) on upcoming presidential election voting will be jailed for 1 year!

[UltimaOnline]

The Straits Times has seen groups on platforms such as Telegram that have polled their followers on how they intend to vote or who will be president, with the results updated in real time.

Under the Presidential Elections Act, the publication of election survey results during an election period is an offence punishable by a fine not exceeding $1,500, imprisonment for up to a year, or both.

The publication of any exit poll or forecast of election results before the close of all polling stations on Polling Day is an offence that carries the same penalty.


https://www.straitstimes.com/singap...ic-not-to-publish-results-of-election-surveys

 

[gsbslut]

why cannot? what's the reasoning behind this law?

 

[sbfuncle]

That means the poll question is very critical. We need to be careful on how the poll is created.

We cannot ask - who do you want him to win . Because this means directly who you will vote for.
But we can ask - who do you think will win.
Because is only a thinking.
Like this poll is OK

https://www.sammyboy.com/threads/pr...-the-ballot-who-do-you-think-will-win.346404/

 

[syed putra]

Why is the national language under the colonial language on the election signboard?

 

[batman1]

No online poll,no rally ,no campaigning....only allowed walkabout in markets and TV broadcasts.

 

[Balls2U]

Under the Presidential Elections Act, the publication of election survey results during an election period is an offence punishable by a fine not exceeding $1,500, imprisonment for up to a year, or both.

Please define "erection period". Does it begin only on Nomination Day?

 

[syed putra]

Malays are not represented.
Surely one condition to be in Parliament or PM and president post is the ability to speak the national language.