PUTRAJAYA, Dec 19 (Bernama) -- The Election Commission (EC) will use
the "silver nitrate" indelible ink in the coming 13th general election,
EC chairman Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Yusof announced Monday.
He said the ink was different from those that had been proposed for the 12th general election.
He declined to state the country where the ink would be sourced from but said that such ink had been used by several countries in their elections.
Abdul Aziz said the EC would also introduce for the first time the "advance voting" system, allowing electorates, particularly armed forces and police personnel, to cast their votes two or three days prior to the actual polling day.
He said that postal voting would remain available during the election but those involved should first apply to the returning officers to do so.
These were among the proposals submitted by the Parliamentary Select Committee on Electoral Reform, he said.
He said the ink was different from those that had been proposed for the 12th general election.
He declined to state the country where the ink would be sourced from but said that such ink had been used by several countries in their elections.
Abdul Aziz said the EC would also introduce for the first time the "advance voting" system, allowing electorates, particularly armed forces and police personnel, to cast their votes two or three days prior to the actual polling day.
He said that postal voting would remain available during the election but those involved should first apply to the returning officers to do so.
These were among the proposals submitted by the Parliamentary Select Committee on Electoral Reform, he said.
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