JOHOR BARU: A sudden downpour didn’t dampen the spirits of early voters to return out and forged their vote at Dewan Dato’ Onn within the Johor police headquarters right here on Tuesday (March 8).
It had began to drizzle at round 8am on Tuesday with a few of the early voters lining up from as early as 7.30am.
It was earlier reported {that a} whole of 11,576 policemen are anticipated to forged their votes early within the Johor state election on Tuesday.
Johor police chief Comm Datuk Kamarul Zaman Mamat mentioned the Election Commission (EC) could be offering 63 polling stations with 83 channels for early voters throughout the state.
Some 222,531 personnel from the army, police, and different companies shall be concerned within the early voting course of on March 8, the place 11,576 of them are policemen.
“We have additionally made 382 postal vote requests, the place 106 appeals have been rejected, which means that they must vote within the early voting interval.”
He additionally urged all policemen and ladies to stick to the SOP imposed by the federal government to curb the unfold of Covid-19.
Besides the Johor Police Headquarters in Jalan Tebrau right here, the ten district police headquarters statewide, and a few authorities places of work, have additionally been become polling centres.
Military personnel will forged their votes on the Mahkota Camp, Kluang; Tebrau Camp, Ulu Tiram; the tenth Royal Malay Regiment (RAMD) Camp, Batu Pahat; and the 4th Royal Artillery Regiment (4RAD) Camp, Segamat.
GOF personnel and their spouses, in the meantime, shall be casting their ballots on the fifth Battalion, GOF Camp in Simpang Renggam, Kluang, and the sixth Battalion in Bakri, Muar.
A complete of 239 candidates are vying for 56 seats within the Johor polls.
Polling day for the Johor state election has been set for March 12.
