Voters can check the number of people queuing at their allotted polling station by using the VoteQ website and keying in their postal code.
The VoteQ link can also be accessed on the ePoll card via the Singpass app or by scanning the QR code on the physical poll card.
This was among the improvements made to the voting process, drawing on lessons from the 2020 General Election. The number of polling stations has gone up from 1,097 to 1,264 – a 15 per cent increase. This will bring down the average amount of voters allocated to each station from 2,400 to 2,150.
In the polling booth, voters can use the X-stamp, which has replaced the X-pen, or their own pen to mark the empty box beside their choice of candidate.
Votes will not be counted if marked outside the box. Ballot papers should then be folded in half and dropped into the ballot box before leaving the polling station.