Dos and don'ts: What you need to know about cooling-off period on May 2 & 3
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Campaigning for this year's General Election will cease on Friday (May 2), which has been designated as Cooling-off Day. This cooling-off period starts on May 2 after midnight and ends after the polls close on May 3, said the Elections Department (ELD).Dos and don'ts: What you need to know about cooling-off period on May 2 & 3
Campaigning for this year's General Election will cease on Friday (May 2), which has been designated as Cooling-off Day. This cooling-off period starts on May 2 after midnight and ends after the polls close on May 3, said the Elections Department (ELD). This period provides «time and space for voters to reflect rationally on issues raised during the election campaign before going to the polls», said ELD. Here's what you can expect: No election advertisements During the cooling-off period, campaigning activities are banned. Both online and non-online forms of election advertisements must not be published or publicly displayed on Cooling-off Day and Polling Day, and changes are not allowed to be made to any existing advertisements. Campaigning activities and election advertising which are prohibited during the cooling-off period include the sharing, re-sharing, re-posting or boosting of Online Election Advertising. Read more