No online or postal voting for next General Election

SINGAPORE - There will be no Internet or postal voting for overseas Singaporeans, of whom 1,325 are eligible to vote, based on the last inspection of registers.

Speaking yesterday in Parliament, Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng said the Elections Department had explored these methods, which were not as robust and reliable as marking a ballot paper.

"The Internet platform while convenient is vulnerable to power outage, hacking and service attacks. Without a printed voting slip, auditing the voting result in the event of a petition to the Election Judge can be problematic," he said, replying to Nominated Member of Parliament Viswa Sadasivan.

On postal voting, Mr Wong said there was no guarantee of secrecy.

"It's also difficult to ensure that all ballot papers would be mailed back to the Elections Department on time to be counted. Missing votes will also cast doubts on the integrity of the process," he said.

He added that, for now, the ballot paper is still the simplest and most transparent method of voting.

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