These amendments are part of ongoing efforts to improve electoral processes, says Singapore's Elections Department.
To allow more Singaporeans to qualify as overseas voters, the Parliamentary Elections Bill also proposes that Singaporeans living abroad be allowed to register for overseas voting as long as they have been in Singapore for an aggregate of 30 days in the three years prior to their application to be an overseas voter.
Individual citizens are exempted from these requirements if they are not candidates or elections agents, and had published online election advertising materials in their personal capacity without receiving payment or directions from others. Lastly, the Bills recommend that the election's returning officer be able to issue corrective directions for breaches of online election advertising.
Constitutional amendments were passed in late 2016 to reserve the elected presidency for candidates of a particular racial group, in the absence of a president from that group for the five most recent presidential terms.
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