Singapore opposition parties have raised concerns about the extension of voting hours on polling day, following a decision to extend the closing time for voting from 8:00pm to 10:00pm. The Progress Singapore Party (PSP) said that the last minute call for an extension of polling hours is “highly irregular,'' CNA reports. The Elections Department (ELD) announced shortly after 7:00pm in a statement, that the Returning Officer, exercising his powers under section 39(3) of the Parliamentary Elections Act, would extend polling hours for all polling stations, except for polling stations in stay-home notice designated facilities to 10:00pm. The Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) also said the extension was “highly irregular”. “Our tour of the polling stations showed that by 4pm there was only a trickle of voters going to the polling stations to vote,” he said.

Source: The Standard July 10, 2020 15:00 UTC