Ballot counting may be streamed live during Kuala Besut elections
(fz.com) – The Communications and Multimedia Ministry will look into streaming ballot counting during the Kuala Besut by-election real time for the public.
Announcing this today, its minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek said ‘real time’ is what the people want these days.
“We will have to talk to the Election Commission to figure out the logistics, but this way everyone can watch what’s going on from home,” he told reporters at the launch of the ‘Media and general elections forum’ this morning.
Commending Radio Television Malaysia’s (RTM) efforts at streaming the question and answer (Q&A) session in Parliament live, Ahmad Shabery said by showing it as such, the public can see the process.
“If there’s a blackout, they will see that there was one. Nothing is edited,” he said.
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