Tips on HOW to protect your vote and the role you can play

The Crucial GE 13...  Your Vote is Priceless...

1.    Barung (Booth):

       When you enter the school, approach the verification centre   known as the Barung (Booth).  They will verify that you are a voter in that school and the Barung Clerk will issue you a Slip directing you to the correct polling station (or classroom).  This slip has a reference number known as “Bil” (Bilangan or number) at the top corner written by the Barung Clerk.

2.    Kerani 1:

       As soon as you enter the polling station, approach Kerani 1 and pass him (or her)  your Barung Slip. He will check your identity against your Mykad. Then he will read out your Bil and locate your Name in the SPR Electoral Roll.  After that he will read out your NRIC number and name from your MyKad (and not from the Electoral Roll).  Once verification is made and there are no objections from the PACAs (Polling Agents), Kerani 1 will pass your MYkad to Kerani 2
 

3.    Kerani 2:

       Kerani 2 will proceed to tear a serialised Ballot Paper (Kertas Undi) from the top of the Ballot Paper Booklet.  It is important for you to take note that this procedure may not keep your vote secret.  Your name can be matched to the serial number and this lack of security violates the following Election Laws and Regulations: 

       ELECTIONS ACT 1958 ELECTIONS (CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS) REGULATIONS 1981 CONTESTED ELECTIONS

       19.  Manner of voting

      

       and, because the SPR staff are bound by their Oath of Secrecy, they also violate:

       Election Offences Act 1954,  Part II ELECTORAL OFFENCES

       5.    Maintenance of secrecy at elections,

       6.    Offences against this Part.

       See Appendix below for full details.

       You are entitled, under Election Law, in order to protect the secrecy of your vote, to ask for a different Kertas Undi, i.e. from a different page of the same book.  Stop the clerk and say:  “Encik/Puan, saya minta Kertas Undi dari bawah.”  (If they object, show them the APPENDIX that you have brought along.  At this point in time, the PA will also step in to support you.)

       Once the issue of the ballot paper is randomized, the secrecy of your vote is assured.  (Make sure that Kerani 2 does not try to record your voter Bil on the counterfoil.  You will have helped the next voter also as the whole sequence is randomized and cannot be traced) Kerani 2 will hand the Kertas Undi to the next officer, Kerani 3.

4.    Kerani 3:

       Kerani 3 will use an embossing tool to perforate the ballot paper at the lower left-hand corner. You need to make sure that it is folded into two before she hands it to you.  Examine the ballot paper to ensure it is clean (free of smudges or writing), perforated properly and that it has a serial number on the top left-hand corner.  If any of the 3 conditions are not met, immediately demand for a replacement ballot.  Once you are satisfied, proceed to the voting booth.

 

5.    Voting Booth:

       Inside the voting booth, mark your vote with an X in the right-hand box corresponding to the candidate of your choice.  Fold the paper neatly and drop it in the appropriate box (there will be separate boxes for State and Parliamentary constituencies).

You can read more here: http://www.tindakmalaysia.com/showthread.php/3794-SPR-How-to-protect-the-secrecy-of-your-vote?p=10856#post10856.