If the #GE15 election didn't go exactly your way, don't be too down. Voting in elections is just one part of a healthy democracy. You can affect ongoing change in many other ways. Support and engage with civil society, independent media and various government agencies. There was a time in Malaysia, that political opponents could be rounded up and jailed without trial for 60 days, activists locked up in solitary confinement on false trumped up charges. But they still kept working towards change until these draconian laws were repealed.