State elections: Siti Nurhaliza, Harith Iskander among local celebrities urging Malaysians to cast their votes
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 12 — Sometimes we need a bit of star power during voting season.
A handful of local celebrities have taken to social media to showcase their civic duties while urging Malaysians to head to the voting booth.
States that are having elections today are Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, Penang, Kedah, Kelantan and Terengganu.
Via her Instagram story, singer Datuk Siti Nurhaliza wished Malaysians a safe voting day while sharing a short clip of her walking towards a polling station.
Comedian Harith Iskander via his Instagram story indicated that he had performed his civic duty by sharing a screenshot of his voting details.
Actress-singer Chelsia Ng shared that she has done her civic duty in her hometown Penang earlier this morning while calling out to Malaysians to go out and vote.
“No lines at the polling station this time. I hope it's because you guys are still asleep or we’ve perfected the art of staggering.
“Faster go vote guys!” she wrote in her Facebook post, along with a photo of her with her inked finger.
Former beauty queen and actress Kavita Sidhu via her Instagram post this morning reminded Malaysians to cast their votes while wishing them a safe voting day ahead.
Among the earliest voters to turn up at the Sekolah Kebangsaan Klang Gate polling station this morning was TV personality Azwan Ali or better known as Diva AA, who’s also the brother of Hulu Kelang’s candidate Azmin Ali.
In a video shared on Twitter, Azwan said that he was initially reluctant to cast his vote but later changed his mind as he believes every vote matters.
From Siti Nurhaliza to Chelsia Ng, local celebrities are calling out to Malaysians on social media to perform their civic duty today. — Screenshots via Instagram/ Siti Nurhaliza Tarudin and Facebook/ Chelsia Ng
Meanwhile, dangdut singer Baby Shima or her real name Nor Ashima Ramli wished Malaysians well on voting day via her Threads and Instagram accounts.
Currently in Bandung, Indonesia, the artiste previously made headlines after joking she was going to compete in todays state elections as an independent candidate.
