ELD said that prospective candidates are encouraged to use the digital services for candidates at its website to prepare the application form for the CoE. The form must be printed and submitted to ELD with all the supporting documents no later than the fifth day after the Writ of Election is issued.
The ELD public counter is now located at Novena Rise, after it moved in 2021 from its Prinsep Link location.
The PEC issues the CoE no later than the eve of Nomination Day and applicants will be notified of the application outcome.
ELD said that the upcoming Presidential Election may be held at any time from Jun 13, and if it has not been held by the expiration of the term of the incumbent President, it should be held shortly after. President Halimah Yacob’s current term ends on Sep 13.
“We are unable to comment further on the timing of the upcoming Presidential Election, as this is a matter for the Prime Minister to decide,” ELD said in a response to the media.
In the last PE in 2017, the applications for CoE were opened on Jun 1 and the Writ of Election was issued on Aug 28. Nomination Day was Sep 13, 2017.
Senior Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam is the only person who has announced his intention to run for the presidency, but observers have suggested that Harvey Norman Ossia’s founder George Goh could be a contender.