SINGAPORE — Children under the age of 16 and foreign entities will be explicitly barred from taking part in election activities if a Bill introduced in Parliament on Monday (Feb 6) is passed.
The Elections Department said in a press release on Monday that as part of ongoing efforts to improve electoral processes, the Parliamentary Elections Bill and Presidential Elections BillThis would be done by subjecting the boosting and sharing of posts to be subject to the same requirements as publishing fresh content.
It was previously reported that there are about 200,000 Singaporeans based overseas with some 4,794 Singaporeans overseas voting in 2020, an increase from 3,500 in 2011. Allowing polling stations to be set up in the adjacent electoral division instead of strictly within the electoral division boundary as provided by the current lawsThe current laws require that all election advertising include relevant particulars such as the name of the publisher, the persons who directed the election advertising and the persons who paid for the advertising.
These proposed requirements do not apply to Singapore citizens who are not candidates or election agents, who publish online election advertisements in their personal capacity, and did not pay nor receive payment or directions to do so.
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