Early voting begins for GE14 
KUALA LUMPUR, May 5 (Bernama) -- The Election Commission has opened 586 polling centres for early voting nationwide which begins at 8 am today.
The early voters comprise 278,590 Royal Malaysia Police, Malaysian Armed Forces and Special Task Force personnel and their spouses.
The process is conducted at contingent police headquarters, district police headquarters and army camps by 6,376 election workers, and witnessed by agents of the candidates.
The polling centres will be closed in stages between 5 pm and 7 pm; some centres will close earlier between 1 pm and 3 pm.
The votes are not counted today and the ballot boxes will be kept safely in police station lockups.
A total of 14,940,624 voters are expected to cast their ballots in the 14th general election.
-- BERNAMA
