CAMERON POLLS | Polling day for the Cameron Highlandsby-election - which is expected to be the tightest contest since the Teluk Intan polls in 2014 - has finally arrived.
The polling stations throughout the constituency will open at 8am and will close at different times throughout the day due to logistics issues, according to the Election Commission.
The latest closing time for polling stations is at 5.30pm, after which Malaysiakini will feature live coverage of the results.
Follow Malaysiakini as we bring you live reports of polling day on the ground.
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
- Police report filed over 'racist' banner
- Manogaran lands in trouble for wearing shirt with Harapan logo
- Ramli: I don't want to fall into their trap
- BN, Harapan set up tents outside Betau polling station
- DAP flags appear in PAS stronghold
- MP objects to 'pondok panas'
- 'Voting process faster than GE14'
- Independent Wong lines up to vote
Police report filed over 'racist' banner
2.30pm: SK Kampung Keledek – DAP Youth files a police report over a banner attributed to Pakatan Harapan, which it claims is racist.
The banner which featured the images of Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Harapan candidate M Manogaran states, “I am confident Pakatan can win even without the votes of the Orang Asal and Malays.”
The banner has since been removed.
Voter turnout 55pct as of noon
12.40pm: The EC announces that voter turnout is at 55 percent as of noon. In Pos Mesun alone, 89 percent of voters have cast their ballot. This is higher than the turnout during the 14th general election.
Manogaran lands in trouble for wearing shirt with Harapan logo
12.15pm: SK Senderut, Jelai - Election officers escort M Manogaran out of the polling centre for wearing a shirt with Pakatan Harapan's logo, which is an offence under the Elections Act.
Separately at SK Betau in Jelai, BN candidate Ramli Mohd Nor says he will let the people judge the DAP man's action as the latter has more experience as a candidate compared to him.
"Basically, for me it is simple, he is very experienced. How many elections has he gone through?
"For me, it is the first, so let the public judge," he adds.
Acting Umno deputy president Ismail Sabri Yaakob, who is accompanying Ramli to visit several polling centres, claims that Manogaran's action shows how Harapan no longer cares about following the rules after winning federal power.
Ismail adds he hopes that electoral reform coalition Bersih will highlight such offences by Harapan, like what it did to BN in the past.
-Mkini
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