During a Pandemic, Singapore’s Election Shifts Online Article So Singaporeans will head to the polls on July 10. From start to finish, it will all be over in 17 days. This isn’t uncommon for the Southeast Asian city-state, where elections have long been a speedy business, and the general result known. But this election, GE2020, will be remarkably different from the rest — it’s taking place in the middle of a pandemic. By Kirsten Han