PKR POLLS | A straw poll of PKR members at the party’s annual national congress suggests that the electronic voting (e-voting) system used in the party election this year has much room for improvement.

All seven members Malaysiakini spoke to complained about the system, pointing out problems with integrity as well as viability, especially among older members and in rural areas.

PKR Batu Sapi member Arif Remigius said that many members in his division did not understand how e-voting worked and were confused when polling day came.

“And the transparency of the system was not seen, the voting system was not managed well.

“[...] Outsiders and non-party members could come into the voting centre and touch the tablets, the security was so loose,” he claimed when met on the sidelines of the PKR Youth congress at the Ideal Convention Centre in Shah Alam this morning..