PETALING JAYA, May 8 — With Polling Day less than 24 hours away, several posts are being shared across various platforms on how to avoid becoming a phantom voter — a subject that is perhaps more pertinent for postal voters.

Postal voters can play their part by checking whether their names, which appear on the registered voter sheet at their respective polling centres tomorrow, are tagged as "PP” (Pengundi Pos).

They can ask a friend or relative to counter-check their names at their respective polling stations or to inform a party’s "pondok panas” situated outside a polling station’s main entrance to mark their name as "PP”.

The representatives at the ‘pondok panas’ will inform PACA and this will allow them to know if anyone has attempted to vote under your identity.

According to the Election Commission (EC), there were 212,834 postal voters for GE14.

From that number, 7,979 were reportedly Malaysians living abroad.

During the previous election, the EC mailed ballots to the local embassy, high commission or consulate in the respective countries but for GE14, they have chosen to send them directly to Malaysians overseas.

Traffic at post offices nationwide, meanwhile, has also seen a surge in recent days as voters rush to ensure their postal ballots reach their registered constituencies before the 5pm deadline on May 9.

Postal ballots are kept in boxes under police guard and will be opened and counted together with regular ballots after polling ends. Late ballots will not be included in the counting process.