Anwar shares he has suggested postal voting improvements to EC.

MAHKOTA BY-ELECTION | Early voting today, about 35pct turnout as of 10am.

The special meeting will set the dates for nomination, polling day. 

UPDATED 1.47PM | EC expected to announce the vacancy for the parliamentary seat later. 

Bersih also wants Home Ministry and special select committee to conduct investigations.

STATE POLLS | EC targets 70pct but expects lower turnout, politicians anticipate more. 

The ex-deputy EC chief says significant savings can be made.

Important dates to be decided include nomination day and polling day.

The March 2023 roll will be on display for 30 days.

14-day campaign 'too short', adds electoral watchdog. 

SOPs must have contingency plans to avoid vote suppression, says group.

UPDATED 7.33PM | It will also set other key dates including nomination day. 

Voters face difficulties in checking status, registering for postal voting. 

'EC can move polling process to another day if flood levels rise.'

Teachers should be at school to fulfil duties at the time, says Radzi. 

There are complaints of ballot papers arriving late or wrongly addressed.

Chairperson Azhar also reminds Bersih he is bound to uphold the law, not disregard it.

TG PIAI POLLS | Harapan and BN campaigners have a shouting match in front of the Kukup night market.

The lanes would be opened at BSI and KSAB for those returning to vote in the Nov 16 by-election.

There were also 14,165 applications for change of electoral division during the period, says its chief Azhar Azizan.

On the possibility of a flood during the by-election, the EC says it is prepared for any eventuality.

He says this would be the case although the numbers of voters in the country would increase with the lowering of voting age to 18.

Umno sec-gen Annuar Musa believes the dates were chosen on purpose and in bad faith.

EC has to take into account requirements and engagement sessions, says its chief Azhar Azizan Harun.

INTERVIEW | He says there would be more such seats but for the previous 'blatant gerrymandering'.

The committee will submit an interim report later this year to the government.

In the second quarter of the year, the EC received 27,505 applications for new voter registration.

It had conducted an education programme on the electoral process for the students.

They are believed to have suffered from food poisoning at a voters’ briefing programme.

Political parties urge for integrity in light of long-standing allegations of ‘phantom voters’, especially in Sabah.