Singapore Election Unable To Vote

Announcements note to overseas voters please apply for a local contact address lca from ica before restoring your name to the registers of electors.

Singapore election unable to vote. 101 overseas singaporeans unable to vote due to ica glitch july 6 2020. The official website of the elections department singapore. Share singapore july 6 2020 one hundred and one overseas singapore citizens scs won t be able to vote in the general election this friday due to a glitch of the island country s immigration and checkpoints authority ica.

The writ of election was issued on june 23. The original intention was to travel home to singapore. A total of 101 singaporeans living overseas will not be able to vote in the 2020 general election because of a glitch in the system that processes applications from overseas singaporean.

The 2020 singaporean general election was a general election held in singapore on 10 july 2020. 11 dec 2020 system maintenance message system maintenance will be carried out on 13 dec 2020 sun 12 am to 8 am. For the first time since becoming an eligible voter i am unable to exercise my right to vote in an election.

A number of singaporeans residing overseas are unable to vote due to health concerns long quarantine measures as well as regulations preventing them from flying in and out of where they currently. After nomination day if a qualified elector s electoral division is contested and he is unable to vote in the election due to unforeseen circumstances e g. Jul 9 2020 10 05 pm sgt singapore seniors who are assigned voting time bands in the morning on polling day can vote at other times if they are unable to stick to their allocated time slots.

President halimah yacob dissolved parliament on 23 june 2020 on the advice of prime minister lee hsien loong it elected members of parliament to the 14th parliament of singapore since singapore s independence in 1965 using the first past the post electoral system. Covid 19 patients and those in quarantine will not be able to vote in the 2020 general election but there will be a special voting hour for singaporeans serving stay home notices the.