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Serious Bro Chun Sing Explains To Sinkies How To Conduct Safe GE During Covid 19! Oppies Ready Or Not?

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COVID-19 elections Bill passed to enable Singaporeans on stay-home and quarantine orders, medical leave to vote
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Singaporeans queue to vote on Sep 11, 2015, for the General Election. (Photo: Xabryna Kek)
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SINGAPORE: Provisions will be made for Singaporeans who are on stay-home notices, COVID-19 quarantine orders or medical leave for acute respiratory infections to vote in the upcoming General Election, following the passing of a Bill on Monday (May 4) to facilitate voting during the pandemic.

The Parliamentary Elections (COVID-19 Special Arrangements) Bill will allow voters who are under COVID-19 stay orders at designated facilities to vote outside of their electoral divisions.

An aspiring candidate who is on a COVID-19 quarantine order or stay-home notice, hospitalised or ill may also authorise a representative to file his nomination paper on his behalf. Currently, the Parliamentary Elections Act requires potential candidates to file nomination papers in person.

READ: 573 new COVID-19 cases in Singapore, taking total to 18,778
On the second reading of the Bill in Parliament on Monday, Minister for Trade and Industry Chan Chun Sing explained that the Bill will allow Singaporeans serving stay-home notices at designated facilities, which are typically hotels, to vote outside their electoral divisions. This can be at the facilities they are staying at or at special polling stations.

“The COVID-19 situation is most likely to last many more months, including the possibility of recurring waves of infection across the world. We must therefore make contingency plans to safely conduct our next General Election under COVID-19 situation,” said Mr Chan, who spoke on behalf of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong for the Bill.

“This is the responsible thing to do: To robustly plan ahead. To keep our citizens safe while upholding our democracy.”

Singapore’s next General Election has to be called by Apr 14, 2021.

ARRANGEMENTS SIMILAR TO OVERSEAS VOTING

Arrangements for Singaporeans on stay-home notices will be similar to that for overseas voting, said ELD. At each special polling station, voters will mark their ballot papers in secret and place them in a single ballot box.

At the close of polls, the ballot box will be sealed and transported under police escort to a designated counting centre. Ballot papers from the various special polling stations will be mixed together, then sorted for counting. This will preserve voting secrecy, said ELD.

Candidates can be present at these special polling stations, regardless of electoral division, to observe the proceedings. A political party or independent candidates can also send one polling agent each to observe the proceedings.

Voters also will not be penalised for not voting if they have been issued stay orders or are on medical leave for acute respiratory illnesses.

“These voters will thus be entitled to have their names restored on the relevant register of electors without being the S$50 penalty,” said Mr Chan.

READ: Singapore to start gradual easing of circuit breaker measures as COVID-19 community cases decline
Auto-restoration will apply to those on quarantine and serving their stay-home notices at home, while those on medical leave can apply to restore their names to the registers after the election.

For aspiring candidates, their representative must be a Singapore citizen who is entitled to vote. The representative must also have a Power of Attorney authorising him or her to represent and act on behalf of the potential candidate at nomination proceedings, including the ability to submit nomination papers and raise objections to the nomination papers of other candidates.

There is no authorisation to substitute subscribers, as subscribers can be any person whose name is in the relevant register of electors, said ELD. Aspiring candidates should find a replacement if any of their subscribers are on stay orders or ill, it added.

The amendments also empower the Prime Minister to make regulations for additional modifications to the Parliamentary Elections Act, so as to minimise exposure of the general public or election officials to COVID-19.

READ: Singapore developing nationwide COVID-19 testing strategy to better detect unlinked cases in community: Lawrence Wong
The Bill does not cover other precautionary measures that ELD is planning for, such as those on campaigning. ELD said it will share the guidelines for campaigning in due course.

The Bill’s arrangements are also in addition to Sections 56A to 56F of the Parliamentary Elections Act, which already contain powers to deal with some disruptive events, said Mr Chan.

Those sections lay out the conditions under which nomination, polling and other election activities can be changed or cancelled due to disruptive events such as a riot or open violence, a natural disaster, a health hazard or other contingencies that can endanger the people involved.

Mr Chan added that the passing of the Bill is unrelated to the timing of the General Election.

“The Prime Minister will decide when to call the election, considering the challenges confronting our country and the evolving COVID-19 situation,” he said.
 

sweetiepie

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Fuck you back. My bro has been doing so much to help sinkies secure food from overseas and protecting sinkies' jobs. What have you oppies done for Singapore?
KNN fuck your bro infinitely KNN talk rike a warehouse supervisor while collecting minister pay and fuck your bro for the below act KNN fuck fuck fuck your bro for laughing at sinkie wearing mask KNN KNN KNN
Nbccb anyone know why pap cordon off many hdb shop area disallowing people to walk and divert them to all squeeze into another common path KNN what the fuck is pap thinking ? KNN my uncle area got a big space for people to walk to shops but pap cordoned off the big space and divert sinkies to all detour and squeeze into a common path wtf KNN KNN KNN other hdb area also KNN
 

hofmann

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Fuck you back. My bro has been doing so much to help sinkies secure food from overseas and protecting sinkies' jobs. What have you oppies done for Singapore?

It's his job. If he doesn't like it he can quit and hand over to the other parties. They will do an excellent job, if not better at negotiating for our food supplies.

Business negotiations do not require book smarts to be executed successfully.

Look at Trump, best negotiator in the world today.
 

Rogue Trader

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Step 1: queue up 1 meter apart

Step 2: Show IC , collect voting slip and enter voting booth

Step 3: Mark a clear "X" next to opposition box

Step 4: Drop voting slip into ballot box and leave
 

laksaboy

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Ensure voter safety... it sounds more like vote suppression and voter intimidation. :rolleyes:

Well... you 70% twits wanted a de facto one party rule, no term limits, no separation of powers, no guarantees of basic citizen rights, so now they suka suka come up with laws on a whim. Refer to POFMA. :cool:
 

nirvarq

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This is beyond stewpig to disregard the public safety if you on one hand force LOCKDOWN on one hand do something so unethical, unrighteous and irresponsible.

But if there is not enough oppy to challenge enough sectors all across the board then this strategy is smart.

Due to this lockdown oppy are not properly organized as there's this PSP internal recent resignations and LTK just .......... Like the cantonese saying 趁你病攞你命 (kill you while you're sick and down) very unfair and cheap leh.

Huat Ah ! PAP Banzai ! You rule ! Again ~~!
 
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JohnTan

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It's his job. If he doesn't like it he can quit and hand over to the other parties. They will do an excellent job, if not better at negotiating for our food supplies.

Oppies have no track record. How can we entrust our lives to them?
 
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