Google doodle highlights Malaysia's GE14

PETALING JAYA: Google's set its landing page to display a doodle of its alphabets "voting" in Malaysia's GE14.

The dancing letters are seen holding ballot papers and Malaysian flags, while the middle G was replaced by a ballot box labelled with the Jalur Gemilang.

A check of Google Doodle's archive showed that the 2018 Malaysian election doodle's reach was set for those in Malaysia only.

On May 9 last year, Google created a similar doodle for the South Korean presidential polls.

Recently, Twitter also introduced a new emoji for GE14, featuring a marked ballot above the Malaysian flag shaped to resemble the ballot box.

The emoji appears when the hashtags #MalaysiaElection, #GE14 or #PRU14 are used in the tweet, and will be available until May 16.

Malaysians will elect 222 members of parliament and representatives for 505 state seats nationwide, from a total of 2,333 candidates, who filed their nomination papers on April 28.
Polling ends at 5pm.

Polling centres close at 5pm and counting begins soon after. Early results will start trickling in at about 6.30pm. To keep track of results as they come in, go to election.thestar.com.my

For more GE14 news, go to www.thestar.com.my/ge14