GE14 | Caretaker deputy home minister Nur Jazlan Mohamed today brushed aside complaints by overseas voters that they were not able to submit their ballot papers on time due to the short campaigning period for the 14th general election.
"The number of Malaysians voting overseas is less than 0.1 percent of the population.
"It won't change any result. Don't get excited (over) it," he said in a Twitter posting.
Nur Jazlan was responding to a Twitter user who had asked the BN candidate for the parliamentary seat of Pulai to comment on the postal vote process.
"Care to comment on the farce that is the voting process for overseas Malaysians?" said the Twitter user.
Global Bersih had complained that many overseas voters received their ballot papers late, making it impossible to send them back to Malaysia in time for polling day.
In the past, overseas voters could vote at the respective Malaysian embassies but this system as done away with in this general election.
The campaigning period for the 14th general election is 11 days.
Ballot papers can only be printed after nomination day, which is also the first day of campaigning. - Mkini
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