Alternative Title

Case Comment: Daniel De Costa Augustin v Attorney-General

Publication Type

Case note/Digest

Publication

Singapore Law Journal (Lexicon)

Publication Date

1-2021

Abstract

On 10th July 2020, Singapore held its Parliamentary Elections, while in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Elections have been similarly held elsewhere during this pandemic, and suffice to say that the pandemic, and its resulting implications, have raised various interesting legal questions in some of these jurisdictions.1 To that end, a wide range of regulations and rules pertaining to elections have also been passed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In some jurisdictions, such as certain states in the United States, voting by mail was allowed with no excuse required, so as to prevent the further spread of COVID19 via the polling stations. In others, lockdown restrictions were completely eased to facilitate voting, to the extent that some voters were also allowed to choose whether to wear protective devices or not (e.g., gloves and masks)

Disciplines

Courts | Public Health

ISSN/ISBN

2737-5048

Publisher

SMU Lexicon, SMU School of Law

Version

Publisher’s Version

Format

application/PDF

Volume

1

Page

36-47

Additional URL

https://www.docdroid.com/el45RiF/lexicon-singapore-law-journal-jan-2021-edition-pdf

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