PREPARATIONS
.....Alijus (middle) keeping tabs on staff involved in the postal voting process,
as they make preparations.
KOTA KINABALU: Postal voting
started in Sabah Thursday and will continue until 5pm Friday. Officers in
charge of getting the ballot papers sealed in envelopes from various stations
in the state were seen waiting for their turn to get them from election
commission staff and the assistant returning officers.
In Penampang, a total of 588
ballot papers were prepared for policemen at the Kepayan police headquarters
and 29 for those in the Moyog constituency.
Assistant returning officer
for the Penampang parliament Marjorie Divioh Bantoi said they have prepared
everything and are ready to be received by postal voters.
Media were however not
allowed to take photos of those casting their votes in the Kota Kinabalu City
hall.
In Kota Kinabalu, City Hall
staff involved on polling day for the Kota Kinabalu and Sepanggar parliamentary
constituencies cast their votes at DBKK, from 8am to 5pm Thursday.
Present there to observe the
preparations and voting was DBKK City Planning Director, Alijus Sipil.
Alijus however declined to
disclose the number of City Hall staff who are involved in the postal voting.
Besides observers from the
various political parties, two police personnel were also stationed there.
Those eligible for postal voting
were the army, policemen, media practitioners and election commission
machinery.
Early voting will be from
8am to 5pm on April 30.
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