The run up to the Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) party elections has been a long drawn out affair, with Minister of Economic Affairs, Azmin Ali vying with Rafizi Ramli for the Vice-President post.
To make matters worse, the whole party election process across Malaysia spans over a month, with elections conducted in different states from 23 September to 28 October 2018, using a newly developed electronic voting (e-voting) system whereby voters click on their selected candidate's name on a tablet to register their vote.
All this, whilst Azmin has much work to do on Malaysia's economy, whilst other PKR members of parliament, state assemblymen and assemblywomen need to focus on governing the country and their respective states.
Free Malaysia Today quoted PKR election committee chairman Rashid Din as saying that voting had to be conducted state by state due to PKR's limited funds.
Sheesh! PKR has 800,000 members nationwide who are eligible to vote and with a gee whiz e-voting system it takes them over one month to complete the voting process, when with 15 million eligible voters in Malaysia's 14 the general elections on 9th May 2018, who voted manually the 'archaic' way between 8am and 5pm, by putting an 'X' on a ballot paper and dropped it into an 'archaic' ballot box, with the votes counted the 'archaic' way by human beings and most of the results in and most winners declared by the following morning.
Besides that, in the video below, a man wearing a PKR shirt speaking in Malay, demands that the party revert to a manual ('archaic') voting method using ballot papers, since an elderly member had problems using this gee-whiz e-voting system.
Obviously, whoever came up with the hare-brained idea to use an e-voting system did not consider the needs of party members who may not be as gadget-savvy as them.
Moreover, problems with this gee whiz e-voting system resulted in a fracas in the Merbok PKR division in Kedah state and chair throwing at a PKR press conference in Penang state.
As a result, the PKR party election was put on hold till 30th September whilst they fix the gee-whiz e-voting system. Meanwhile, Perak state PKR demanded that their party revert to using 'archaic' ballot paper voting.
So much for gee whiz e-voting.
Italian scientist and artist Leonardo Da Vinci said: "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication" but do these clowns with 'e' on their brain appreciate that, when they should make voting as sweet and simple as possible for all.
Following below are three media reports about this gee whiz e-fiasco, which is a fine example of IT scheiss (IT shit).
PKR polls on hold till Sept 30 after glitches
Robin Augustin - September 23, 2018 11:29 AM
PETALING JAYA: PKR election committee chairman Rashid Din says the party polls have been put on hold till Sept 30 to resolve technical issues related to its e-voting system.
Speaking to FMT, Rashid said the e-voting system itself was "okay" and that there were only some "technical glitches"
"We need to resolve them first. If we continue, we fear we will see a repeat of the problems in Kedah, we want to avoid fights."
Yesterday, Nibong Tebal PKR member S Sanjay, a candidate for the division leader's post, complained about apparent flaws in the party's e-voting system.
He claimed there was a problem with clicking on his name displayed on the special tablets provided by the party.
Earlier, a similar complaint over irregularities in the voting system had led to a fracas in the Merbok PKR division, forcing polling in eight of the 15 divisions in Kedah to be suspended.
In Penang, a heated argument quickly turned into punches and chair-throwing at a press conference last night to update members on the polls.
A group of PKR members were upset when the party officials announced that the election results in Penang would stand despite complaints on alleged irregularities in its e-voting system.
Rashid said that Kedah PKR would see fresh polls, while the results in Penang should stand.
"What happened was that the technical team concentrated more on Penang, so there wasn't enough tech support in Kedah."
He said the party would meet tomorrow to discuss the issue, but what was certain was that the polls would resume on Sept 30 in Johor.
He added that the party polls had to be done state-by-state and not all at once due to the party's limited budget, unlike the Election Commission.
Some 840,000 PKR members nationwide are going to cast their votes online in stages until November.
Previously, PKR leaders including PKR Wanita deputy chief Haniza Talha and Kedah PKR chairman Azman Ismail, voiced doubt over the e-voting system which was being used for the first time in the party polls.
Perak PKR wants manual voting back after election delayed
Published on 22 September 2018
By Sylvia Looi
IPOH, Sept 22 — Perak PKR proposed today that the party election revert to manual voting, after it was forced to postpone polling originally slated tomorrow due to chaos in other states.
Perak PKR chairman Datuk Muhammud Nur Manuty said the state chapter's elections have been postponed to avoid any untoward accidents, after voting in Kedah and Penang today saw physical brawls and technical problems with PKR's new e-voting system.
"Although we are ready to go ahead with the election, we respect the decision of the election committee," he told a last-minute press conference at the state party headquarters here.
"I would like to propose that the party elections be reverted to manual method as further postponement of the election could affect the members' morale," he added.
Nur Manuty acknowledged that the postponement would also affect candidates who had been campaigning tirelessly for the past month.
According to him, 60,528 members qualify to vote in 24 divisions in Perak.
"We will station someone at each station to inform members that party elections had been postponed," he said.
Media reports highlighted police arrests to break up fights and postponement of polling in several Kedah branches earlier today, the first day of PKR's election.
Technical problems due to PKR's e-voting system — newly implemented for the party election this year — were also reported.
Penang PKR wants central leadership to clear the air on e-voting system
Published 4 hours ago on 23 September 2018
BUTTERWORTH, Sept 23 ― PKR members in Penang have urged the party to clarify the confusion and problems arising due to the e-voting system in the 2018 PKR Elections which kicked off yesterday.
Keadilan Youth deputy chief Dr Afif Bahardin said based on observations and surveys at branches where the polls were held yesterday, members were dissatisfied with the voting process.
"The election process this time is being done using new a system and what we saw is that PKR Party Election Committee (JPP) was not ready to carry out the election, causing various problems.
"So we urge PKR, especially the JPP and PKR secretary-general Datuk Saifuddin Nasution Ismail to take full responsibility for the issues, and to provide an explanation to all members," he said during a press conference here last night.
He said incidents such as names of candidates and voters missing from the e-ballot system were very disappointing and an embarrassment to the party.
Dr Afif, who is contesting as central Youth chief said his team would send an official protest letter to PKR JPP calling for the Penang election results to be cancelled and to hold the election again as many candidates were dissatisfied.
Earlier there were confusions when the leadership line-up included PKR JPP chairman Datuk Rashid Din wanted to leave the hall after the press conference by JPP secretary Ismail Yusop at the same place.
A group of Penang PKR members present at the JPP press conference tried to clash with the JPP leadership causing a scuffle with chairs thrown at each other.
Dr Afif and several state PKR leaders later calmed the situation and dispersed the incident. ― Bernama
Yours trully
IT.Scheiss
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