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Endpoint reviewed the pilot program following the national election last year.  ,
One important study was the , “limited psychological power” of voters at healthcare houses, ELD said.
It continued,” Both election officials and political party members observed that many occupants did not understand why they were voting and the value of their votes, despite election officer instructions and explanations,” it added.
” Thus, the percentage of rejected vote was high”.
Of the overall number of votes cast at nursing homes, 15.3 per share of the seats were rejected, largely due to empty seats. This compares with 2 per share of seats rejected frequently.
Tion claimed that the unique polling practices also posed the risk of impairing voting security.
There are still concerns about voting privacy being compromised, ELD said, despite measures to guarantee voting secrecy during smart voting, such as requiring all vote officers to move away from the electorate’s bed.
” This is due to the close vicinity of the rooms to one another”, it added.
There were also operating challenges.
A similar number of election officers serves between 2, 501 to 3, 000 voters at each regular polling station, according to ELD, while about 20 election officers were deployed in each nursing home to serve about 300 or ( less ) of the voters in the nursing home.
Additionally, about 300 nursing home team members assisted in making unique electoral plans at the nursing homes.
Some nursing home operators told Endpoint that the poll schedules were difficult because they added more pressure on employees because they had other important responsibilities than resident care.
Given the “added operating complexities” of implementing specific polling plans in a General Election, the ELD will abandon such preparations at nursing homes, it said.
Democratic party representatives were permitted to observe the operation of the unique polling arrangements at a designated nursing home during the previous Presidential Election because it was the first time such measures were used.
The “addition complexities” may involve managing a large number of polling providers from political events observing the procedures at nursing homes because residents will be voting in various political divisions, according to ELD.
By November 2025, the following general election must be held. It will be the first under , Prime Minister Lawrence Wong , and his fourth-generation or 4G management team.