More people post videos of themselves at polling stations -- then remove them
Taking a video at a polling station when you go to vote is prohibited.
Yet some people seemed unaware of this as not only did they take the videos on Polling Day on May 3, they would also post them online as well.
But eventually, they appeared to come to realise they could be incriminating themselves and removed the videos.
But one Stomper did not let them off so easily. He downloaded two such videos before they were made inaccessible online.
"I saw your report about the TikToker who shared a video of her ballot paper at a polling station," said the Stomper.
"Besides that video, I came across two others on Saturday. One of them even recorded the polling station itself. I just checked and those videos have been removed, but fortunately, I had already recorded them.
"It's not one or two, but at least three now. There could be more of such cases. They need to know the rules of Singapore.
"What is the message here when there is no strict enforcement? That they can do as they please to gain popularity?"
According to the Elections Department Singapore (ELD), voters are not permitted to bring or use any camera, video or photographic equipment in the polling station.
On May 5, Stomp reported a TikToker with the user name lifeplussg posted a video of her ballot paper in a Sengkang polling booth, prompting at least one person to purportedly lodge a police report.
The TikTok account has since been made private.
In response to a Stomp query, a spokesperson for ELD said: "We are aware of the case involving the voter in Sengkang who recorded and uploaded footage taken of herself at the polling booth within a polling station on Polling Day.
"We have reviewed the incident carefully. We note that the footage does not carry any information on how other voters had cast their vote, and therefore did not compromise the secrecy of their vote.
"Nevertheless, such blatant and irresponsible behaviour can undermine public confidence in the integrity of the electoral process.
"We will strengthen our voter education efforts to reinforce awareness of the do's and don'ts at polling stations. We will also strengthen our training to remind our election officials to watch out and stop such behaviours at future elections."
