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References:

1. Jamal Ismail, “The fear perpetuated by the urban myth about voting in Singapore” (The Online Citizen, 18 August 2015) <https://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2015/08/18/the-fear-perpetuated-by-the-urban-myth-about-voting-in-singapore/ >
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4. “Achieving Inclusion in the Electoral Process” (Disabled People’s Association, 2016)
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11. (Straits Times 21 Nov. 1992), Quoted in Liberalism Disavowed
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15. Cheow Sue-Ann, “Use of fake news law on opposition is ‘coincidence’: Minister” (The New Paper, 7 January 2020) < https://www.tnp.sg/news/singapore/use-fake-news-law-opposition-coincidence-minister>
16. Liberalism Disavowed, p 45
17. Thio Li-ann. “Rule of law within a non-liberal ‘communitarian democracy’” in Asian Discourses of Rule of Law, ed. Randall Peerenboom, 189. London: Routledge, 2004.
18. Parliamentary Elections Act(Cap 218, 2011 Rev Ed), s 8(1)
19. Tan, Netina. “Manipulating electoral laws in Singapore.” Electoral Studies 32.4 (2013): 632-643.
20. Lee Kuan Yew (Prime Minister), speech during the Second Reading of the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore (Amendment) Bill, Singapore Parliamentary Debates, Official Report (24 July 1984), vol. 44, cols. 1724–1726.
21. Rodan, Garry. “Elections without representation: the Singapore experience under the PAP.” Woodrow Wilson Center Press, 1996. 61-89.