SINGAPORE — Singaporeans will go to the polls on Sept 1 to vote for the nation’s ninth President, should there be more than one eligible candidate, after Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Friday (Aug 11) issued the Writ of Election.
Nomination Day will fall on Aug 22 and nominations will be held at the People's Association, at 9 King George's Avenue.which has to be made by noon on Nomination Day.
They can also contest if the Presidential Elections Committee, a six-person committee chaired by the chairman of the Public Service Commission Lee Tzu Yang, deem them eligible under a deliberative track. Overseas Singaporeans who choose to vote by post must ensure that their return envelopes containing the marked postal ballots reach the Returning Officer in Singapore no later than 10 days after Polling Day.
In 2011, applications for the Presidential Election opened on June 1. The Writ of Election was issued two months later on Aug 3, and Nomination Day was set on Aug 17, 2011.Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong then issued the Writ of Election on Aug 28.
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