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                                <title><![CDATA[ Oct 7 by-election for Pelangai ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 24 Aug 2023 04:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Nomination will be held on Sept 23, and early voting on Oct 3. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ EC to decide today on Pelangai by-election dates ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 24 Aug 2023 00:13:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ These include the dates for the issuance of election writ, nomination and polling, as well as the electoral roll to be used and other preparations for the by-election. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ 570 candidates for state polls, straight fights in 180 seats ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Sat, 29 Jul 2023 08:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Election Commission chairman Abdul Ghani Salleh says 571 sets of nomination papers were received, but one was rejected. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ State elections on Aug 12 ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jul 2023 04:14:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Voters in Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, Penang, Kedah, Kelantan, and Terengganu will head to the poll booth to choose their new state governments. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ EC to decide state election dates on July 5 ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 03 Jul 2023 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ A special meeting is scheduled to discuss the date of the election writ, nomination day, polling day and the electoral roll to be used for the state elections. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Speaker submits Selangor assembly dissolution notice to EC ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 23 Jun 2023 03:53:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ It was submitted this morning after the Sultan of Selangor consented to the state assembly dissolution last Monday. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ EC mulls extending 60-day period for election after Parliament dissolved ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2022 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ This would give the commission more time to prepare as the number of voters has been increasing each year. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Candidates with the most votes to be declared the winners, even if they have withdrawn, says EC ]]></title>
                                <link>https://www.malaysianow.com/news/2022/12/07/candidates-with-the-most-votes-to-be-declared-the-winners-even-if-they-have-withdrawn-says-ec</link>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2022 05:51:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The Election Commission says candidates cannot withdraw from the contest after the end of the nomination process. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ EC's call on what to do if it floods on polling day, says Nadma ]]></title>
                                <link>https://www.malaysianow.com/news/2022/11/02/ecs-call-on-what-to-do-if-it-floods-on-polling-day-says-nadma</link>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The National Disaster Management Agency says the Election Commission will decide whether polling will be held or not. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Malaysia heads to the polls on Nov 19 ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2022 03:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Nomination day is on Nov 5 with two weeks of campaigning. ]]></description>
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