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The police have found no evidence to support allegations made in an online post on Polling Day that an election official had told a voter’s 80-year-old mother who to vote for.
In a statement to The New Paper last Thursday, a police spokesman said the allegation was thoroughly investigated after police reports were lodged on July 10.
The police, in consultation with the Attorney-General’s Chambers, will take no further action.
In a now-deleted post, a Facebook user claimed her mother had told her a “polling agent” had insisted she vote for the People’s Action Party and had shown her where to mark her vote.
The user said her sister had accompanied their mother to the polling station at her allotted time-band between 8am and 10am, and the “polling agent” offered to help the older woman.
The Elections Department (ELD) issued a statement that afternoon saying it was aware of the serious allegations and urged the user to come forward with specifics.
It said: “All polling agents are confined to a specific area in the polling station to observe the polling process and they are not allowed to assist voters.
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