It is still your right to rock the vote or spoil it

Pakatan Harapan has named Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad (right) as its prime minister candidate and Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (left) as its deputy prime minister candidate on January 7, 2018. -AP filepic

IN 1990, when I was studying at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, the United States, one of the biggest PSAs (public service announcements) of that year was the Rock the Vote campaign.

On MTV, Madonna, clad in a red bikini and wrapped in an American flag, urged Americans to register as a voter.