Nearly 5,000 Sabahans apply for assistance to return for polling day

SABAH POLLS | An initiative that aims at helping Sabahans who live in the peninsula to return for this Sept 26 polling has received nearly 5,000 applications so far, according to its coordinator.

Aaron Denison (above) said the majority of the applicants are students.

However, the campaign has the means to assist only 10 percent of the number.

"Some 3,500 applicants are students. Our target remains 500, although it would be great if we had the means to help more people," he said, as quoted by news portal The Malaysian Insight. 

The #PulangMengundiSabah initiative is a volunteer-run campaign aimed at helping Sabahans who face financial constraint to return to cast their votes in the state election. It was launched only last month.

According to Denison, he was shocked to receive a huge number of applications. 

The group that runs the initiative is currently working to filter them.

The idea to start the campaign came when they saw many complaints especially from Sabahan youths about their problems to return to vote, Denison said.

"Some of them are currently out of work because of the Covid-19 pandemic, while some are university students who do not have enough money because air ticket prices are expensive," he added.

Among the criteria set for an application to be considered is that the applicant earns RM3,000 or less a month.

Denison said they are also open to public donations. They have so far received RM20,000, and hoped to reach RM100,000 in one week's time. - Mkini

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