EC secretary Ikmalrudin Ishak said the issuance of postal ballot papers was carried out by election officials in all 56 state constituencies over the past three days, as provided under Regulation 3 of the Elections (Postal Voting) Regulations 2003.

He said the total included 28,421 Form 1A for election officials, EC members and officers, policemen, military personnel and media personnel, as well as 7,814 Form 1B for Malaysians living abroad.

“The remaining postal ballots comprised 118 Form 1C for members of nine agencies in the security and health sectors, and 376 out-of-country absentee voters,” he said in a statement today.

According to Ikmalrudin, the process of issuing postal ballot papers was carried out in the presence of candidate representatives from all parties or individuals contesting.

He also reminded all postal voters to mark on the ballot papers, complete and correctly fill in the identity declaration form (Form 2), and immediately return them to the respective constituency’s returning officers before 5pm on polling day on March 12.

“Voters are reminded to keep their vote secret by not taking pictures of the ballot papers and sharing them on social media,” he said.

The EC has set March 12 as the polling day for the Johor state elections while early voting is on March 8.