In the aftermath of May 5th (part 6) (UPDATED with Chinese Translation)
We once found a few names registered at a cemetery (now that is what I would call real phantom voters). In fact, Azmin Ali’s dead father was still a registered voter in 2004 and, more importantly, he actually voted in the 2004 general election. How was that possible? This is where your election workers need to be good. The fact that Azmin not only found out that his father was still a registered voter but that he had also ‘voted’ shows that his machinery is on the ball.
THE CORRIDORS OF POWER
Raja Petra Kamarudin
Okay, now let’s get back to what I spoke about in part 4 of this series regarding election fraud. In part 4, I said, “First of all, you need to buy the list of the registered voters from the Election Commission (SPR). Your election workers then study this list to see whether there are any dubious voters on this list.”
This list comes in the form of a CD and you can either buy the one just for your constituency or you can buy the entire set for the whole country. So, if you wish to contest the election or you are working in the party ‘war room’ or the operations centre of the candidate, you must first arm yourself with this list. And you buy the final list that is going to be used for the coming election.
That final list will not change until after Polling Day — which means anyone who registers as a voter after that final list is complete will not appear on the list and cannot vote in the election. This could be the list that is closed, say, six months or so before the date of the election.
You then need to carefully study the voters’ list and see if you can find any dubious voters on the list. These could be names of dead people still on the list or 300 names registered at the same house address or names of people registered at an address that does not exist and so on.
We once found a few names registered at a cemetery (now that is what I would call real phantom voters). In fact, Azmin Ali’s dead father was still a registered voter in 2004 and, more importantly, he actually voted in the 2004 general election. How was that possible? This is where your election workers need to be good. The fact that Azmin not only found out that his father was still a registered voter but that he had also ‘voted’ shows that his machinery is on the ball.
You need to know the names of the streets and the number of houses on that street. For example, Jalan 222 in, say, Petaling Jaya could have houses numbered from 1 to 99 on one side of the street and 2 to 100 on the facing side. Hence house number 122 on Jalan 222 in Petaling Jaya is a fake address.
Once all the discrepancies are detected you need to bring this up with the SPR and get these names removed. If not you may have a high incidence of phantom voters. It is YOUR job to do this if you want to contest the election and you have only yourself to blame if you are sleeping on the job.
(So it is not that easy to contest the election after all, is it? It requires a lot of hard work).
Then you need to train your election workers who will be on duty on Polling Day. These would be the observers or agents at the polling centres as well as at the counting centres. They need to know the election laws plus what to do on Polling Day and how to file a protest if they find something wrong, which can later be used as evidence in the event you wish to file an Election Petition to contest the result.
Before the ballot box is sealed, your agent needs to inspect the box to ensure that no ‘stuffed votes’ are already in the box. Only then can the ballot box be sealed, once it is confirmed that it is empty.
You already know how many voters will be voting in your saluran or stream because you have the registered voters list. Let us say, for argument’s sake, 1,000 voters will be voting in your saluran.
When the first voter comes in to vote, his/her identity card will be checked. Then his/her name will be announced loudly with the number on the list to confirm that he/she is a registered voter. You then cancel this name, which means this person has already voted and cannot vote again.
At the end of the day, after polling has ended, you count how many names from the 1,000 turned up to vote. Let’s say 820 names have been cancelled. This means there should be 820 ballot papers in the ballot box.
The ballot box is then sealed and you stay with the ballot box and do not take your eyes of it. If the ballot boxes are transferred to another place, say to the counting centre, you escort the ballot box and never take your eyes of it, even if a naked girl walks in to the room (or a jambu youth if you are gay).
The seal for the ballot box is then broken and the ballot papers are poured onto the table and counted (make sure no ballot papers are ‘stuck’ in the box). The number of ballot papers counted should come to 820. And if it shows a number other than 820, you fill in the form and file a complaint. Normally the number of ballot papers in the box would tally with the number of names on the list that have been cancelled — in this case 820.
After counting the ballot papers and confirming that the numbers are correct — meaning 820 — you then sort the ballot papers. Let’s say there are only two contestants — Barisan Nasional and DAP. All the Barisan Nasional ballots are put into one pile and the DAP ballots into another.
As they sort the ballot papers one-by-one, they have to first show you whether they are Barisan Nasional or DAP ballots. Once you are satisfied and you nod in agreement, the ballot papers are placed into the correct pile, Barisan Nasional on one side and DAP on the other.
Once all 820 ballot papers have been correctly sorted to your satisfaction — Barisan Nasional ballots on one side and DAP on the other — you then count the ballot papers in each pile. The sum total of the two piles must come to 820.
If the votes for Barisan Nasional come to 420 and, for DAP, 400 and you are not satisfied, you can demand a recount. If the recount is 419 for Barisan Nasional and 401 for DAP and you are still not satisfied, you can demand that they be counted yet again. Say the third count shows that it is again 420 for Barisan Nasional and 400 for DAP and this time you are satisfied, then this is the figure that is recorded on the form.
This form is then signed by the SPR with the agents for all the candidates also counter-signing the form. You then demand a copy of this form for your records. That would be the final result.
So how can they cheat? The number of registered voters in your saluran is 1,000. This has been confirmed by your party HQ or the operations centre of your candidate.
The number of people who voted was 820. You confirmed this.
The number of ballot papers in the ballot box is also 820. You confirmed this.
The total votes for both candidates is 820. You confirmed this.
They sorted out the ballot papers correctly. You saw this yourself.
They counted both piles correctly. You saw this yourself.
And the sum total for both piles comes to 820. You confirmed this.
Hence Barisan Nasional won that particular salurn with 420 votes versus DAP’s 400 votes. All this was done in front of you with you as the witness.
So, pray tell, how can they cheat as far as what happened in your saluran on Polling Day is concerned?
TO BE CONTINUED
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5月5之後（六）
我們曾經在名單上看見過一些已經向墓地報到的選民（這真的是名副其實的幽靈選民！）。事實上，阿玆敏已過世的父親在2004年的名單上出現過，而最重要的，他還在2004年投了票。這怎麽可能呢？這就是你的志工需要有真功夫的地方。阿玆敏不僅找出他的父親來，而且還知道他投了票，這代表了阿玆敏的方法是有效的。
原文：Raja Petra Kamarudin
譯文：方宙
好，現在讓我們回到第四篇文章繼續談談選舉舞弊。在那篇文章裏，我講道：“第一，你必須從選舉委員會購買選民名冊，然後你的選舉志工必須審查這個名冊來看看到底有沒有些可疑的選民。”
他們是以CD方式把名單賣給你的，你可以只買你選區的，或者全國的都可以。所以，如果你想要競選或為你政黨的‘作戰指揮室’工作的話，那你必須擁有這份名單。你也必須確保你買的是最新的。
最新的是指在大選前都不會有改變的—-亦即指在最新名單出爐后再去登記的選民將不得在此次大選獲得投票權。這些最新名單一般在大選前6個月就出爐了。
你必須很小心來審查這個名冊來看看到底有沒有些可疑的選民。這包括那些已死掉的選民或那些數以百計登記在同一個地址的選民們。
我們曾經在名單上看見過一些已經向墓地報到的選民（這真的是名副其實的幽靈選民！）。事實上，阿玆敏已過世的父親在2004年的名單上出現過，而最重要的，他還在2004年投了票。這怎麽可能呢？這就是你的志工需要有真功夫的地方。阿玆敏不僅找出他的父親來，而且還知道他投了票，這代表了阿玆敏的方法是有效的。
你還必須很清楚街名和那條街上可以有多少房子。打個比方，八打靈再也的222路有1到100號的房子。所以222路上的122號房就是個假地址。
一旦發現這些問題后你必須向選舉侷投訴把這些選民給去除掉。如果你不這樣做的話拿你的選區將會出現大量的幽靈選民。這是你要競選的職責，如果你想偷閑，出了問題就得自己負責。
(所以說競選並不容易，對嗎？你必須做很多後備工作）
接下來你必須訓練你選舉當天會值班的志工們，這些是你的監督員和算票員。他們必須知道選舉法令是什麽，投票當天必須怎樣做，和出了問題時應該如何提出抗議。他們的抗議在未來你提出選舉上訴時將會成爲證據。
在投票箱被封起來之前，他們必須細心檢查以確保裏邊沒有被‘塞進’選票。只有在你的志工確定那些投票箱是空的以後，那些投票箱才可以被封。
你應該以知道你的Saluran會有多少選民（因爲你的選民名冊）。爲了簡化以下要講的，就儅你的Saluran有1000人好了。
儅有一選民要投票時，他們先會核對他的身份證，然後他們會把他的名字和名單上的號碼大聲念出，讓你知道他真的是個選民。然後你必須把他的名字刪掉，代表著這個人已經投票了，他不可以再回來投第二次。
投票結束后，你算算看那1000個選民有多少個出來投票。就讓我們講說你刪了820個名字，那就代表那個投票箱裏應該有820選票。
現在那個投票箱就會被封起來，而你就得24小時跟著這個投票箱且把你的視線定在它上面。如果說這些箱子會被運送到其他地方的話，如計票中心，你就必須緊貼著它們，且視線不離半寸，即使是有個裸女在你面前走過（或者是個粉嫩美男，如果那合你口味）。
那些封條會被他們撕開，然後他們會把選票都倒在桌子上開始算票（確保選票沒有卡在箱子裏）。選票總數應該會有820票，如果不是的話，那你應該立馬填寫表格做出抗議。一般上，選票總數會和名單上所刪除的一樣的—-即820票。
儅算完以後—-即選票總數為820票—-你就可以開始把選票分開來。讓我們講說你的選區只有兩個候選人好了，囯陣與行動黨，他們會把囯陣票堆在一邊和行動黨票堆在另一邊。
他們會一票一票地算，每打開一票他們就會出示給你看，讓你看看到底是囯陣的還行動黨的。只有你點頭答應了，他們才會將選票放在正確的票堆裏邊，囯陣在一邊，行動黨在另一邊。
在所有820票都（經你滿意后）分好了以後—-囯陣在一邊，行動黨在另一邊—-你可以開始算兩邊的票堆。兩邊的票數必須加起來是820票。
在算完以後，譬如說囯陣420票和行動黨400票，你覺得不滿意，你可以要求重算。第二次算出來的是囯陣419票行動黨401票，你還是不滿，你可以再要求再算多一遍。第三次算出來時囯陣420票行動黨400票，你滿意了，然後他們就會把這結果記錄在表格裏。
這張表格會有選舉委員會的官員簽名，再由各個候選人備簽。你然後收取一分拷貝給你自己做參考，這就是最終的成績。
所以他們應該怎樣出千呢？你的Saluran的選民數為1000人，你的黨總部和你的候選人辦事處都證實了這一點。
投票人數為820人，你鑑定了這一點。
投票箱裏的票數是820票，你鑑定了這一點。
兩位候選人的票數加起來是820票，你也鑑定了這一點。
他們把選票都分對了，你親眼看到的。
這兩堆選票他們都點算對了，你親眼看到的 。
這兩堆選票的總數是820票，你親自確定的。
然後囯陣以420票在這個Saluran擊敗了行動黨的420票。這全都是在你面前做的，而你本身就是個證人。
所以，請您告訴我，就您的Saluran來講，請問投票當天他們能怎樣欺騙呢？
（敬請期待下一篇文章）
