Year: 2013

GLOBAL BERSIH DAY(S) OF RE-ACTION

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  “International Spotlight on Malaysia for a Clean, Free and Fair General Election” Who? Calling all friends of Malaysia When? Sunday, 21st APRIL 2013 and beyond Where? Worldwide What? A 24+ hour worldwide social media focus on the 13th Malaysian General Elections (GE13), and in particular on the Bersih campaign for electoral reform. Why? Malaysia is at a crucial point in her history. GE13, scheduled for Sunday the 5th of May 2013, will be the most closely-fought federal elections in the country’s history. In the run-up to GE13, the global…

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SABAH & SARAWAK NEED YOUR HELP

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DONATE NOW Malaysians from Sabah and Sarawak need funds to head back to their hometown to vote. JomBalikUndi (JBU), KOMAS and Focus on Sarawak (FOS) appeal to all Malaysians, ex-Malaysians and democracy supporters everywhere to donate. If you are not a voter for GE13, you can do the next best thing: help a Malaysian who can’t meet the cost of travelling home to vote in East Malaysia.   Q: Are funds only for Malaysians from Sarawak and Sabah? A: Yes   Q: Can I be an anonymous sponsor? A: Yes – but…

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MyOverseasVote and Global Bersih Call on Overseas Malaysians to Vote in the 13th General Election, and Press the EC to Allow Postal Voting Observers

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Background MyOverseasVote has been campaigning since October 2010 for Malaysians residing outside Malaysia to be given the right to vote by post. In January 2013, the Election Commission (EC) announced that Malaysians residing overseas except in Singapore, southern Thailand (Narathiwat, Pattani, Yala, Songkhla and Satun), Kalimantan and Brunei would be allowed to apply to vote by post provided that they had been in Malaysia for at least 30 days in total during the previous five years. MyOverseasVote and Global Bersih do not accept that the additional restrictions imposed by the…

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