Indelible means "un-removable", and so it is reasonable to expect that this indelible ink used would not be removable for at the very least 24 hours - better still for maybe 3 days or more. We used the indelible ink in GE13 to ensure that no one can come vote again...and the EC Chief tells us not to worry because a voter can vote once because he has only one MyKad(IC) - but we have heard that people have been voting several times using different names and MyKads, and we wanted to stop this by the use of the indelible ink... so A cannot go and vote again using a different MyKad because that 'indelible ink' would prevent this from happening...
After less than 24 hours, and I do not see any traces of the indelible ink... and so, I believe some hard washing of hands yesterday may have even removed it in maybe a few hours...
EC deputy chairman Datuk Wan Ahmad Wan Omar told reporters this morning that he was not worried the ink could be washed off, stressing that voters cannot vote twice with one identity card (IC) number. “I’m not worried about indelible ink washed off today because tomorrow you cannot vote,” he said.“How is he going to vote without a MyKad or an IC number? One rakyat’s name is only stated once.”
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Halal status affected indelible ink’s strength, says EC
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@ 04:11:41 PM 05-05-2013
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voter shows her inked finger after casting her ballot in Permatang
Pauh, Penang on May 5, 2013. The EC says the indelible ink used would
still leave visible traces even after washing. — Reuters pic
PUTRAJAYA,
May 5 — The indelible ink used in Election 2013 has a different
strength from those used in other countries since it has to comply with
halal and health regulations, the Election Commission (EC) said today.
It however still insisted that if it was applied properly, the ink would leave visible traces even after washing.
“In overseas, indelible ink does not have to comply to halal status
for Muslims,” EC chairman Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof told reporters
here.
“At the same time, an official letter from the Ministry of Health
stated that the content of silver nitrate must not exceed one per cent.”
According to Abdul Aziz, the ink allows water to seep through it to
allow ablution by Muslims, as required by the National Fatwa Council.
A higher content of silver nitrate would cause internal organ failure, so it has been replaced by herbal ingredients, he said.
Indelible ink includes silver nitrate to make sure that the pigment
stays on the skin temporarily. In other countries, the ink usually
contains between seven and 15 per cent silver nitrate.
Showing his still-stained finger, Aziz admitted that the failure of
indelible ink in some cases was caused by teething problems with using
the ink for the first time.
“The EC is not here to cheat. As an organisation, we would like to be
transparent, we don’t like to cheat. We don’t have an agenda,” he
stressed.
EC deputy chairman Datuk Wan Ahmad Wan Omar told reporters this
morning that he was not worried the ink could be washed off, stressing
that voters cannot vote twice with one identity card (IC) number.
“I’m not worried about indelible ink washed off today because tomorrow you cannot vote,” he said.
“How is he going to vote without a MyKad or an IC number? One rakyat’s name is only stated once.”
Several voters have reported washing off the election ink, which is
meant to be indelible to prevent repeat voting, after casting their
ballots today, with just soap and water.
Aside from the controversy of the ink, Election 2013 — touted to be
the tightest electoral race in the country’s history — has also been
marred by reports vote-buying and phantom voters. - Malaysian Insider, 5/5/2013, Halal status affected indelible ink’s strength, says EC
I do not know whether to laugh or to cry...
I do not know whether to laugh or to cry...
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