THE poor response from Malaysians abroad to sign up as postal voters for the upcoming 13th general election speaks volumes as to how every citizen, at home or abroad, truly wants to make every vote count.
Only 6,298 of about 700,000 Malaysians living abroad (some say almost a million) took the trouble to meet the deadline set by the Elections Commission, which gives them the right, for the first time, to vote from where they currently are.
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