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GE2020: Opposition parties criticise extension of voting hours to 10pm, calling it ‘outrageous’, ‘irregular’

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SINGAPORE — Some opposition parties criticised the move by the Elections Department Singapore (ELD) to extend voting to 10pm on Friday (July 10), as long queues remained at some polling stations even at 8pm, when voting was originally supposed to end.

 

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