Singapore legislation
Regulation 25
of Presidential Elections (Special Polling Arrangements for Nursing Homes) Regulations 2023
Regulation 25
Decision on when mobile polling starts, etc., to be made before hours of poll
Subregulation 1
The Assistant Returning Officer for a special polling station established in a nursing home must, as soon as practicable and no later than 30 minutes before the start of the hours of the poll at that station —
consult the operator of the nursing home on the following:
the time for starting mobile polling;
the appropriate time for a mobile polling team to visit each mobile polling elector, taking into account the operational requirements of the nursing home and routines of the mobile polling elector on polling day; and
after the consultation, make the following decisions:
decide, in accordance with paragraph (2), the time at which mobile polling for that station starts;
allocate the ballot boxes to be used for mobile polling;
if there are 2 or more mobile polling teams deployed to that station —
allocate each mobile polling elector to a mobile polling team; and
allocate the ballot boxes to be used for mobile polling between those teams.
Subregulation 2
The following provisions apply to the time at which mobile polling starts at a special polling station:
mobile polling must not start before or after the hours of the poll at the special polling station;
mobile polling may start after voting by attending in person at polling places has ended (instead of at a specified time);
the Assistant Returning Officer must take into account the views of the operator under paragraph (1)(a).