Overseas Singaporeans, nursing home residents welcome changes to make voting easier for them

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SINGAPORE — Musician See Chee-Hang, 36, has not voted since 2011, because his nearest polling station is an eight-hour drive away and it is difficult for him to get the time off work to travel there. Read more at straitstimes.com.

SINGAPORE — Musician See Chee-Hang, 36, has not voted since 2011, because his nearest polling station is an eight-hour drive away and it is difficult for him to get the time off work to travel there.

Dr Ong, who is doing research at the University of Hawaii, said: “I am very pleased; this is a great change. She said: “I feel very removed from current affairs in Singapore, and post still feels less convenient than using the Internet to vote, which I would consider if it was an option.” Thye Hua Kuan Nursing Home chief executive officer Ardi Saban Hardjoe told The Straits Times that the home has been in discussion with the ELD, and if it qualifies for the pilot, approximately 50 residents – which is about 17 per cent of its residents – will be eligible to vote.

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