QuickCheck: Can documents apart from your IC be used to verify your identity on polling day?


AS POLLING day is fast approaching, many of us are getting ready physically and mentally to face the crowds to line up and perform our civic duty. But in order to do so you have to be able to prove at the polling station that you are really you.

Most people will simply produce their MyKad but for those who do not have their IC on them, is there truth to the claim that there are other documents that can be shown to the EC officer at the polling centre?

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