More than 1.4m eligible voters have cast their ballots in the first four hours of polling. Read more at straitstimes.com.
First-time voter, student Aroni Sarkar, 23, who voted at Katong Community Centre, said the voting process went smoothly. Staff at the polling station verified her NRIC and polling card manually after a lag in the digital system.She said: “It was streamlined, focused, and smooth.”
However, a homemaker who only wanted to be known as Madam Neo, waited almost an hour before she left the centre with her son and daughter, who are in their 20s. RSAF regular Ethan Ng cast his vote at a pavilion in front of Block 63 Lorong 5 Toa Payoh. ST PHOTO: NG KENG GENE This year, there were also special polling stations set up at 31 nursing homes to make it more convenient for less mobile seniors to vote.
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