Basic Voter Information
Are you a first-time voter? Check out these resources below for a very quick crash course on all basic voting information and the electoral process.
- A comprehensive voter crash course by two Singaporean students
- Election Department’s (ELD) infographic on voting for first-time voters
- ELD’s infographic on safe-voting procedures
- What is my constituency?
- Who is my MP?
- Who is contesting in my constituency?
- What is my voting time slot?
- Comic on different MP schemes and what they do by @illobyangee
- CAPE’s explainer on the electoral process
- All manifestoes in spreadsheet format by Kirsten Han
- ELD’s glossary of common elections-related terms
Explainers on Electoral Issues
Explore these resources to find out more about other key ideas and principles behind elections, electoral processes, and democracy in Singapore!
- YOUR VOTE IS SECRET. New Naratif explains why in a quick comic
- What is a Parliamentary Supermajority? (by CAPE)
- What is democracy (explainer comic by New Naratif)
- What is partisanship (explainer comic by New Naratif)
- What is mandate? (explainer by Academia.SG)
- New Naratif article on gerrymandering in Singapore
- 8 common election myths & talking points such as “freak elections” and if all votes are equal (by CAPE)
- List of “gutter politics” tactics (by Academia.SG)
- Check out an infographic tracking the debate on Parliamentary live-streaming (by CAPE)
Further Articles & Discussions
Hungry for more knowledge? Delve deeper into more complex discussions about issues surrounding electoral rights and processes, democracy, the pandemic climate, and political illiberalism.
Pandemic conditions:
- Singapore’s Pandemic Elections (1.5 hour video of webinar by CAPE & Academia.SG)
- What sort of GE will this be? (analysis by Class Notes)
- A CAPE infographic on Should we be having elections amidst the pandemic
- NMP Anthea Ong’s Parliamentary speech expressing concern for a weaker electoral mandate during Covid elections
Incumbency advantages and electoral fairness:
- A recent report by ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights alleging that Singapore’s GE2020 is neither a free nor fair election.
- Bilveer Singh on why it is difficult for Opposition to challenge the PAP’s electoral dominance
- Prof. Netina Tan’s research on how Singapore manipulates the electoral system to “manufacture” its legislative supermajority*
- New Naratif article on Singapore’s electoral system and its various issues
- Academic paper exploring the concept of a credibility gap among Opposition parties by Dr. Elvin Ong.
- An interactive guide on different electoral voting systems and their flaws, including the first-past-the-post system (Singapore’s system)
Others:
- A brief history of elections in Singapore (by Thum Ping Tjin)
- Academia.SG has a resource page on free academic journal articles and book chapters relating to democracy and politics in Singapore
* this is an academic paper and can only be accessed with a paid or an institutional account
Note: While the above links are well-researched resources, they may not be agreeable with your views and experiences. It is nevertheless important, in a mature democratic society, to engage with alternate perspectives and ideas with an open mind and with good faith.
Other Resources
Do also check out these other dedicated channels for cause-focused voter education resources:
- Climate Policy resources: Party Scorecard, Questions for My Candidate, Climate Policy Brief & Neighbourhood Greenwatch
- LGBT Rainbow Scorecard by Sayoni
- Stance of every party towards LGBT issues by heckinunicorn
- AWARE’s Gender Equality Manifesto – outlining six core principles and policy ideas
More resources:
- An even better resource hub for first time voters by @theweirdandwild
- GE2020 portal by New Naratif with comics, articles, discussions of various issues and electoral principles
- Singapore Votes: Student-run resource with daily updates
- Map view of GE2020 lineups by reddit user u/Lifth
- Subscribe to a GE2020 substack for all election news!
- What have been the boundary changes? – Straits Times interactive graphic on the changing electoral constituency boundaries over the years
- CAPE’s Parliament Tracker project – tracking attendance and performance of your MP
- Parliamentary attendance and speaking count by Kopi.co
- What type of voter are you? – a satirical card game by CAPE
- GE2020 Guide Telegram Channel to stay updated with latest GE rallies, debates, broadcasts and more, made by youths! They also created a spreadsheet of all the happenings.
Released GE2020 Party Manifestoes (so far):
- All manifestoes in spreadsheet format by Kirsten Han
- People’s Action Party manifesto
- Workers’ Party manifesto
- Singapore Democratic Party manifesto
- Progress Singapore Party manifesto
- Singapore People’s Party manifesto
- Reform Party manifesto
- People’s Power Party manifesto
- Red Dot United charter
Individual Party Telegram Channels:
