Manner of application for and issue of printed postal voting papers
27.—(1) Instead of making an application under regulation 26, a postal elector may apply to the Returning Officer for postal voting papers to be issued to him or her by —
(a)
sending an email to the email address of the Elections Department at contact@eld.gov.sg; or
(b)
completing an application form made available on the prescribed website, and submitting the duly completed application form through the prescribed website.
(2) An application under paragraph (1) must be made no later than 2 days after the date of issue of the writ of election.
(3) Upon receiving an application under paragraph (1) and being satisfied that the applicant is a postal elector, the Returning Officer or a person acting under the authority of the Returning Officer must —
(a)
issue printed postal voting papers to the applicant; and
(b)
send the printed postal voting papers to the applicant by registered post or courier to his or her overseas correspondence address as at the date of the application.
(4) An election is not invalid by reason that the postal or courier service of Singapore or any country or territory outside Singapore fails to deliver printed postal voting papers to a postal elector, or delays in delivering printed postal voting papers to a postal elector.
(5) Subject to section 7 of the Act (plural voting), a postal elector who made an application under paragraph (1) is not precluded from making an application under regulation 26(1).