The Elections Department (ELD) is encouraging voters to consider casting their votes in the afternoon on Polling Day to avoid long queues in the morning.
Singaporeans go to the polls on May 3. Voting takes place from 8am to 8pm.
In an advisory on May 1, the ELD said voters may check their polling station’s queue status by scanning the QR code on their poll card before heading for their voting centre.
It also reminded voters to refrain from wearing any attire or carrying with them any item with images that may be interpreted as influencing other voters or canvassing support for any particular political party, candidate or groups of candidates to the polling station.
“If they do so, they may be turned away by election officials at the polling stations,” added ELD.
Voters are reminded to bring along their original NRIC or passport and poll card for voting. Otherwise, they can present their digital NRIC and ePoll card on the Singpass app.
The ELD also reminded candidates and political parties to refrain from campaigning on May 2, which is Cooling-off Day. The period of campaign silence begins at the start of May 2, after midnight, and ends after the polls close on Polling Day, May 3.
The requirement for campaign silence applies to both physical events and in the online space.
The Straits Times
