{
  "id": 18920370,
  "title": "Melaka polls: Pakatan candidate for Paya Rumput aims to ease voting process with personalised polling slips",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/08/melaka-polls-pakatan-candidate-for-paya-rumput-aims-to-ease-voting-18920370",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-08T10:55:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Malay Mail",
    "slug": "malay-mail-malaymail",
    "url": "https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2026/11/08/ph-candidate-aims-to-ease-voting-process-with-personalised-polling-slips/242494"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Melaka, November 8 — The candidate for Paya Rumput state constituency in the 16th Melaka State Election, Datuk Azman Abidin, has introduced an initiative to aid voters in identifying their polling locations and channels. Dubbed \"Tok Man,\" Azman plans to provide campaign workers with the tools to retrieve and print personalized voter slips for voters, incorporating data supplied by the Election Commission (EC) into a specially designed system. A voter simply needs to provide their identity card number to the campaign team, and the slip will display their polling place, school, and assigned polling channel. This initiative aims to address voters' concerns about forgetting their polling details, making the process more accessible and convenient. Azman, who is also the Prime Minister's Political Secretary, highlighted the slip's practicality compared to the traditional A4-sized printouts. As the campaign enters its final week, Azman pledged to make the most of the remaining time to connect with as many residents as possible in the Paya Rumput constituency. The 16th Melaka State Election, scheduled for November 14, will feature a three-way race in Paya Rumput among Azman, Rafie Ahmad of Perikatan Nasional (PN), and Abdul Rashid Abu Bakar of Parti Bersama Malaysia (Bersama).",
  "summary": "MELAKA, Nov 8 — Pakatan Harapan (PH) candidate for the Paya Rumput state constituency Datuk Azman Abidin has intro...",
  "key_points": [],
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}