The lengths voters abroad go to


GEORGE TOWN: If you think it is a hassle to head to the polling station to queue up and vote, wait until you learn how much trouble Malaysians living overseas have to go through to exercise that same right.

Many of them keep in touch with each other wherever they work and live and come election season, whoever happens to be flying home in time steps forward as the “runner” to collect everyone’s postal votes and make sure their ballots reach the Election Commission before polling day.

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