Possible forms of electoral fraud

During yesterday's Polling Agent Training, the speaker highlighted the following possible forms of electoral fraud, that the polling agent and counting agent should be aware of:

1) Vote Buying
- The perpetrator will prepare a fake ballot. He will then solicit the help of unwary targets to drop the fake ballot into the balloting box and remove the empty genuine ballot from the voting room. Upon surrender of the empty genuine ballot, the target will be paid a token sum of money.
- This is dangerous if left unchecked, as entire stretches of votes may be compromised.
- Look out within the compound of the polling center for any suspicious activity, such as unnatural clustering of people around a secluded area.

2) Vote Impersonation
- The perpetrator will offer to vote on behalf of a genuine voter using the target's NRIC. Everything else is genuine. Upon completion of the vote, the target is paid a token sum of money.
- Look out for inconsistency between the NRIC number and the voter. E.g. if the NRIC states a female, but the voter is male; if the NRIC states a 50 years old man, but the voter is in his 20's; if the name on the NRIC is Chinese, but the voter looks like an ethnic Indian.

3) Phantom Voter
- Multiple fake IC numbers are used to register the same voter, who goes around different polling centers to cast ballots.
- Look out for weird IC numbers, e.g. if the date of birth is in 1885, etc.

In this general elections, not only the game is lopsided. Even the referee and the linesmen are on the other side. Not to mention the fact that they can shift the goal posts at any time. I believe that the majority of Malaysians are ready for change. Unfortunately, if these electoral frauds are left unchecked, the voice of the people may not be heard.