The Election Commission (EC) issued a statement yesterday saying it would hold a special meeting at 10am today to discuss key dates, mainly nomination and polling days, as well as the early voting day, electoral roll that will be used in the 14th General Election (GE14), as well as other preparations. The polling date that political observers are putting their money on is Saturday, May 5, with nomination day being April 21, a Saturday. Many past nomination and polling days were on Saturdays. Political pundits said nomination day could then be April 28. In the run-up to the 2008 general election, the nomination and election days were set 11 days after Parliament was dissolved.

Source: New Strait Times April 10, 2018 00:00 UTC