PKR may go back to paper ballots after rowdy start to e-voting
This comes following rowdy protests after the e-voting process was kicked off in Penang and Kedah yesterday.
BATU PAHAT: PKR has promised to improve its e-voting system to ensure a smooth party election, following rowdy protests in Penang and Kedah yesterday.
The party’s political bureau chief Rashid Hasnon said if the problem persists, the voting process would be conducted manually by crossing against the name of the candidate on a ballot paper.
The party is using an electronic voting system for the first time, but there was a glitch in the system during polling in Penang and Kedah, leading to scuffles and forcing postponements in some divisions.
“We do not want the confusion and commotion that took place in Penang and Kedah to happen in other states.
“We also do not want members in other states to be discouraged from voting because of this (electronic voting) problem, although the system is supposed to take voting to a new level in showing that reforms are being made to the system of democracy practised in Malaysia,” said the Batu Pahat MP.
Rashid said the party realised that it must come up with a better and more efficient system.
“It shows how important the simulation process should be to the new system to test its effectiveness.
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“More simulation is needed if an area (division) has limited access and internet connection,” he said.