SEREMBAN: Negri Sembilan Pakatan Harapan chairman Datuk Seri Aminuddin Harun (pic) remains confident that the coalition will cross the 19-seat mark in the 36-seat state assembly.
Aminuddin said this was based on reviews across all 36 seats that Pakatan is contesting.
“Our machinery is still in high spirits despite various analyses.
“I am still confident that we can cross the 19-seats,” he said after voting at IPG Raja Melewar here on Saturday (Aug 1).
Meanwhile, he said the Election Commission (EC) should have first briefed candidates on the implementation of the Optical Character Recognition-Voter Attendance (OCR-VA).
“Our concern is that this could interrupt the voting process through delays or cause discomfort among voters.
“Voters want a seamless process. We must improve the process from time to time and refrain from trials at this time, as any interruptions can trouble voters,” he said.
According to the EC, the OCR-VA system has been developed specifically to record and mark voters' attendance at polling streams through the automatic scanning of information on their MyKad.
EC secretary Datuk Khairul Shahril Idrus said the system will be deployed at SMA Dato' Klana Petra Maamor, involving polling streams 1 to 7 in the Ampangan state constituency, as part of efforts to improve the management of the electoral process.
“The use of this technology is expected to speed up the process of verifying and recording voter attendance, reduce errors associated with manual attendance marking, and enhance the efficiency of polling clerks," he said.
