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	HOW TO VOTE? 7 EASY STEPS TO VOTING BY BALLOT
	Step 1 - Register To Vote

	Step 2 - Get A Poll Card, Keep The Poll Card

	Step 3 - Find Out About The Candidates

	Step 4 - Go To Your Polling Station With Your Identity Documents & Poll Card

	Step 5 - Identify Yourself To An Election Official & Receive An Official Ballot Paper

	Step 6 - Inside The Booth, Mark Your Choice On The Ballot Paper

	Step 7 - Fold Your Ballot Paper & Put It Into Ballot Box


	Step 1 - Register To Vote
	You must be registered on the certified register of electors for a constituency to vote at the election in that constituency.You can verify your personal particulars to find out your voter status.



	Step 2 - Get A Poll Card, Keep The Poll Card
	Before Polling Day If you are registered on the certified register of electors, and the election in that constituency is contested, ELD will send you a Poll Card.

	The Poll Card will tell you when to vote (Polling Day) and where to go to vote, that is, your Polling Station.

	If you do not receive this Poll Card, or have received someone else’s Poll Card, please phone, fax or e-mail ELD or any Community Centre/Club to obtain another Poll Card.



	Step 3 - Find Out About The Candidates
	Find out about the candidates by reading newspapers, watching television, attending election rallies or just by talking to your friends and family members.



	Step 4 - Go To Your Polling Station With Your Identity Documents & Poll Card
	Polling Day Polling Stations open at 8 a.m. and close at 8 p.m.

	No other forms of identification will be acceptable for election purposes except
	a.	National Registration Identity Card (NRIC)
	b.	Singapore Passport
	c.	Identity cards issued by Ministry of Defence, Singapore Police Force and Singapore Civil Defence Force.



	Step 5 - Identify Yourself To An Election Official & Receive An Official Ballot Paper
	In the Polling Station Show your Poll Card and identity documents, then follow the directions of the election officials on duty at the Polling Station when you arrive there.

	You may be asked to make a declaration of identity and sign the declaration before being given a ballot paper.

	You may not be given a ballot paper if you do not have acceptable identity documents with you.



	Step 6 - Inside The Booth, Mark Your Choice On The Ballot Paper
	DO mark your choice CLEARLY with an X in the box-space on the right-hand side, opposite the name and symbol of the candidate or candidates of your choice.

	DON'T sign or make any marks on the ballot paper that may identify you.

	DON'T show your ballot paper to anyone else in the polling station.



	Step 7 - Fold Your Ballot Paper & Put It Into Ballot Box
	Remember: Your Vote is Secret Fold your ballot paper over your mark so as to cover your choice. Drop the folded ballot paper into a ballot box. Follow the instructions of the election officials to leave the polling station without delay.