Singapore legislation

Section 50D

of Parliamentary Elections Act 1954

Section 50D

DRE voting system procedures generally

(1)

Except as otherwise provided in sections 50B and 50C and any regulations made under this section, any poll using any DRE voting system must be conducted in the same manner as that in which voting is conducted under sections 35 to 51, and is regarded as a poll for the purposes of this Act.

(2)

The ballot image displayed on any approved DRE voting machine at any poll must be an identical representation in electronic form of the ballot paper used at the poll.

(3)

The Minister may make regulations modifying the application of any provision of this Act to the conduct of polls using a DRE voting system, including in particular, prescribing the training of presiding officers in operating DRE voting systems, the procedures on opening and closing of such a poll, the manner of voting, the counting of votes and for the safe despatch or transmission of records of voting using DRE voting machines for counting, including recounting, if any.