EC launches campaign to clean up electoral roll
BernamaPublished: May 30, 2012 3:28 PM | Updated: May 30, 2012 3:51 PM
The Election Commission (EC) will hold the 'electoral roll checking month campaign 2012' to enable 12,658,803 voters who registered up to Dec 31, last year, to verify their status.
The Election Commission (EC) will hold the 'electoral roll checking month campaign 2012' to enable 12,658,803 voters who registered up to Dec 31, last year, to verify their status.
EC chairperson Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof said the campaign, which would be held from June 1 to 30, was aimed at increasing voter awareness on the importance of checking their status before the 13th general election (GE) was held.
"The campaign will provide more room for the voters to check and update their registered information for any mistake or inaccuracy," he said in a statement today.
Abdul Aziz said the campaign was also part of the EC's initiative to clean up the electoral roll, with help from the National Registration Department and cooperation from the voters to ensure the registered information was correct and accurate.
"Only voters can correct their details in the electoral roll. The EC cannot correct any mistake, without the voters informing the EC, according to set rules and procedures," he said.
He said, if there were mistakes in the roll such as missing names, change of addresses and the like, voters could lodge complaints to the EC, via the complaints system on its website www.spr.gov.my; call centre at 03-88856565, SMS, fax at 03-8889112, mail, or by going to the EC headquarters in Putrajaya or any of the state election offices in the coming month.
The call centre and state offices operate from 8am to 5pm.
Voters may check their status online via the EC website by entering their identification card number and their details will be displayed.
They may also send an SMS by typing SPRSEMAK (ICNUMBER) to 15888.
Abdul Aziz said the EC would also set up voter registration counters for new registration and change of voting centres at its headquarters and state offices.
- Bernama
EC chairperson Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof said the campaign, which would be held from June 1 to 30, was aimed at increasing voter awareness on the importance of checking their status before the 13th general election (GE) was held.
"The campaign will provide more room for the voters to check and update their registered information for any mistake or inaccuracy," he said in a statement today.
Abdul Aziz said the campaign was also part of the EC's initiative to clean up the electoral roll, with help from the National Registration Department and cooperation from the voters to ensure the registered information was correct and accurate.
"Only voters can correct their details in the electoral roll. The EC cannot correct any mistake, without the voters informing the EC, according to set rules and procedures," he said.
He said, if there were mistakes in the roll such as missing names, change of addresses and the like, voters could lodge complaints to the EC, via the complaints system on its website www.spr.gov.my; call centre at 03-88856565, SMS, fax at 03-8889112, mail, or by going to the EC headquarters in Putrajaya or any of the state election offices in the coming month.
The call centre and state offices operate from 8am to 5pm.
Voters may check their status online via the EC website by entering their identification card number and their details will be displayed.
They may also send an SMS by typing SPRSEMAK (ICNUMBER) to 15888.
Abdul Aziz said the EC would also set up voter registration counters for new registration and change of voting centres at its headquarters and state offices.
- Bernama
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