Civil society groups urged Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim to direct federal agencies to help the Election Commission (EC) expand postal voting for thousands of out-of-state Sabahans ahead of the state election on Nov 29.

Bersih, Engage, Rose, Tindak, Projek Sama, Suara Mahasiswa UMS, and several Sabah-based organisations said the EC had the legal authority and operational capacity to extend postal voting to more groups without changing existing laws.

They argued that postal voting should...