SOME 150,000 Singaporeans abroad could potentially be eligible to vote in the next General Election, under changes to the law passed on Monday.

They only need to come home for some 10 days a year, or 30 days in the three years before the election. In the past, they had to live here for a total of two of the five years before the polls.

The changes mean that at the next General Election, overseas polling stations are likely to receive many more overseas voters than in the 2006 elections.