{"id":722,"date":"2008-02-26T06:22:42","date_gmt":"2008-02-26T11:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2008\/02\/26\/absentee-postal-vote-registration-in-melbourne-for-malaysians"},"modified":"2008-02-26T06:23:32","modified_gmt":"2008-02-26T11:23:32","slug":"absentee-postal-vote-registration-in-melbourne-for-malaysians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2008\/02\/26\/absentee-postal-vote-registration-in-melbourne-for-malaysians","title":{"rendered":"Absentee (postal) vote registration in Melbourne for Malaysians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tomorrow, is a big day. If you&#8217;re a Malaysian in Melbourne, and are eligible to vote, the absentee (postal) vote registration happens tomorrow (27 February, 2008). Short notice? Apparently, the embassy in Canberra didn&#8217;t even know the deadline was to be tomorrow, until a phone call from a certain someone, Tirath, was made today (26 February 2008) at 4:45pm (UTC+10, +1 DST).<\/p>\n<p>Event blurb:<\/p>\n<table class=\"info_table\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"label\">Date:<\/td>\n<td>\n<p class=\"datawrap\">Wednesday, February 27, 2008<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"label\">Time:<\/td>\n<td>\n<p class=\"datawrap\">8:00am &#8211; 6:00pm<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"label\">Location:<\/td>\n<td>\n<p class=\"datawrap\">Malaysia Hall Melbourne<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"label\">Street:<\/td>\n<td>\n<p class=\"datawrap\">K4, High Street, Windsor VIC 3181<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"label\">City\/Town:<\/td>\n<td>\n<p class=\"datawrap\">Melbourne, Australia<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Tomorrow is the ONLY CHANCE to register. Call Malaysia Hall before you go, just to double check that they are open and ready (04 3343 7263 \/ 03 9529 4507). If you come, make sure you bring your IC and your passport.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Windsor is easy to get to. There&#8217;s public transport (a tram stops at Malaysia Hall, or nearby, afaik), and there&#8217;s a train station as well. Mad props to Tirath, I hope lots of people go, and register, and vote (the opposition, nonetheless ;) ). <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/event.php?eid=8216124361\">Facebook event<\/a>, if you can see it.<\/p>\n<p>Technorati Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/melbourne\" class=\"performancingtags\" rel=\"tag\">melbourne<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/malaysia%20votes\" class=\"performancingtags\" rel=\"tag\">malaysia votes<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/voter%20registration\" class=\"performancingtags\" rel=\"tag\">voter registration<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/absentee%20ballot\" class=\"performancingtags\" rel=\"tag\">absentee ballot<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tomorrow, is a big day. If you&#8217;re a Malaysian in Melbourne, and are eligible to vote, the absentee (postal) vote registration happens tomorrow (27 February, 2008). Short notice? 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