Online voters registration can be good-but how about security?

http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/malaysia/17263-poll-activists-back-online-registration-but-urge-caution
By Asrul Hadi Abdullah Sani
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 31 — Election watch groups have welcomed the Election Commission’s plans to introduce online voter registration which, they believe, will improve the efficiency of the electoral registration process.
Malaysian for Free and Fair Election (MAFREL) chairman Syed Ibrahim Syed Noh said: “Obviously we welcome any new innovation to ensure [...]

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Pilihanraya kecil KT `terbaik’ bagi SPR?

Betulkah pilihanraya kecil KT merupakan `contoh’ atau `paras tertinggi’ bagi pilihanraya-pilihanraya yang pernah dijalankan oleh SPR? Tanpa satu laporan yang menjawab semua pertanyaan awam/parti politik tentang kelemahan-kelemahan yang dikesan oleh rakyat umum pimpinan SPR nampaknya tergesa-gesa memberi pujian kepada dirinya sendiri. Rakyat masih menunggu SPR menerangkan pecatan Pengurus Pilihanraya KT 2 hari sebelum hari pembuangan [...]

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Onward to Pensiangan?

After the Kuala Terengganu by-election many observers friends are discussing the possiblity of going to the next exciting by-election -or at least sending a team there to send out hard-to-get on-the-ground reports. But is it so easy as we wish?
Before that some people ask: why go so far? But far from where? If you assume [...]

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What next after the by-election?

For BN: they blame `local factor’ -is it the `bad candidate’ factor as mentioned earlier? Are there other areas where they would review to improve their chances next time? The next by-election most likely to be in Pensiangan in Sabah’s interior. Even more local factors will be at work. BN need to do a better [...]

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CIJ: investigate the briber of journalists!

The ACA reportedly declined to investigate the allegation of attempted bribery on journalists at the KT by-election on a surprising excuse that the journalists involved did not identify the culprit! Actually the journalist who made a police report did identify the name of the bribe giver in their police report!-Ong BK
MEDIA STATEMENT
19 January 2009
Police, EC [...]

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What KT voters consider when they voted?

They considered the candidates’ qualities-see report from Merdeka Centre survey report here. Does that explain the election results satisfactorily?
Ong BK

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NIEI report:poll irregularities become bi-partisan?

Kenyataan Akhbar
National Institute for Electoral Integrity (NIEI)
Isnin, 19 Januari 2009
Pilihanraya Kecil Parlimen Kuala Terengganu P036
Tiga perkara yang ketara dapat diperhatikan dalam perjalanan proses pilihanraya kecil (PRK) kawasan parlimen Kuala Terengganu (P036):
1. Penginstitusian rasuah dalam pilihanraya
2. Penyalahgunaan jentera kerajaan
3. Kehadiran terlalu ramai anggota polis
Amalan rasuah berleluasa dalam pilihanraya di Malaysia, [...]

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After victory all is forgiven about weaknesses of EC/SPR?(Updated)

At the votes tabulation centre, and when PAS’ victrory was ascertained PAS president Hadi Awang congratulated EC/SPR for a job well done-does it means that all PAS’ complaints of phantom voters, votes buying, abuses of government resources, intimidating police concentration, bias media, faulty voters’ list, lack of independence of EC/SPR, have thus been forgiven?
When these [...]

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The new MP

Mohd Abdul Wahid bin Endut, the PAS candidate,  after the by-election win. This is a win against confident expectation and campaigning by the Star, NST and other mainstream media. The voters think otherwise to these monopoly and clearly bias mainstream media.

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result

charts taken from the malaysian insider

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