Sabah polls: Lawmakers urged to secure postal voting rights for out-of-state Sabahans ahead of GE16

KOTA KINABALU: A coalition of civil society organisations (CSOs) has called on political parties and candidates in the upcoming Sabah state election to commit to securing postal or absentee voting rights for out-of-state Sabahans in the upcoming 16th General Election (GE16).

In a joint statement endorsed by 15 CSOs, they said that more than 200,000 Sabahans living outside the state – about 12.7% of the electorate – risk being disenfranchised if postal voting is not introduced.