Polls body gets 235 complaints
NST (9/5/08): The Election Commission received 235 complaints between 2004 and March about voters who could not find their names in the electoral roll.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said the names were removed for several reasons, including doubts about the identity of voters after the National Registration Department (NRD) could not find their identity card numbers in its database.
He said other reasons included identity cards of "voters" belonging to other people and the names of the dead appearing in the roll.
"As a follow-up on the complaints, the Election Commission referred the matter to the NRD to confirm the status of those who claimed their names were missing."
He added that investigations showed that 72 complaints resulted from wrong data entry in NRD records, which had disqualified them as voters.
He said the NRD chief registrar had inserted the names of 19 people (2004), 17 people (last year) and 36 in March in the roll.
"The NRD has also confirmed that another 149 voters have evidence to show that they are Malaysian citizens and that their names should be inserted into the electoral roll."
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said the names were removed for several reasons, including doubts about the identity of voters after the National Registration Department (NRD) could not find their identity card numbers in its database.
He said other reasons included identity cards of "voters" belonging to other people and the names of the dead appearing in the roll.
"As a follow-up on the complaints, the Election Commission referred the matter to the NRD to confirm the status of those who claimed their names were missing."
He added that investigations showed that 72 complaints resulted from wrong data entry in NRD records, which had disqualified them as voters.
He said the NRD chief registrar had inserted the names of 19 people (2004), 17 people (last year) and 36 in March in the roll.
"The NRD has also confirmed that another 149 voters have evidence to show that they are Malaysian citizens and that their names should be inserted into the electoral roll."
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