The Election Commission has checked and verified thoroughly the Sarawak state electoral rolls to ensure that it is up to date and that there are no phantom voters.

EC deputy chairman Wan Ahmad Wan Omar said today the exercise was carried out right up to March 21, when the state legislative assembly was dissolved for the April 16 election.

Since the roll was displayed recently, there has been no complaint from political parties on phantom voters, he told reporters in Miri.

"They (the political parties) can buy the roll, and thus far no one has expressed doubts about any voter or raised any issue at all," Wan Ahmad said.

Mycard is also a safeguard against any attempt at double voting.

"We don't have to worry because every voter has to produce their Mycard, which we will know is genuine or not. The name of every voter appears only once on the list.

"There is no person with two names registered in two places," Wan Ahmad said.

He said that there may be cases of people voting in an area where they did not live.

"But this is normal as the people have the right to vote at any place where they are registered," he said.

"For example, a man registered in Telang Usang (but now living elsewhere) will return to that place to vote. Maybe he was born there," Wan Ahmad said.

- Bernama