Voter audit reveals thousands of dubious records

An audit on the electoral roll has revealed a shockingly large amount of dubious voter records, numbering at about 200,000, the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) on electoral reform was told today.

The audit was conducted by Mimos Bhd, a government owned technology company, which briefed the PSC on the results today.

PSC member Anthony Loke said that the briefing was conducted by Mimos chief executive officer Abdul Wahab Abdullah during a two-hour meeting.

PSC chairperson Maximus Johnity Ongkili was also present during the meeting.

Loke (left) revealed that Mimos had discovered 820 cases where there were more than 100 voters residing at the same address.

"Furthermore, we found 1,259 cases where between 51-100 voters are staying in the same address, another 3,254 cases where there are between 21-50 voters in the same place, and 6,002 cases involving between 11 and 20 voters who have the same addresses.

"These places included army camps," he told Malaysiakini today.

Some other questionable addresses where large number voters are registered were either incomplete or invalid, citing “No 62, Lembah Pantai” and “E6, Seputeh” as examples.

Loke said that the PSC have given Mimos two weeks to run checks with the National Registration Department and the Election Commission.

“The PSC did not go in-depth on how to rectify this and Mimos would come back in two weeks time,” he said.

12,335 duplicate voters

Due to the large amount of dubious voter records, Loke opined that the electoral roll needs to be thoroughly checked before the Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak administration goes to polls.

Loke said Mimos had also identified 12,335 police personnel who are registered as both postal voter and normal voters.

According to Loke, there are 12.38 million registered voters of which 242,258 are police and military personnel.

In its preliminary findings released in December, after conducting several public hearings, the PSC had made several recommendations, including a voter audit.

Mimos was later tasked with scrutinising the electoral roll for duplicate names or identification card numbers, voters above 100 years old and verify the voter details against the database of other government agencies.

Loked revealed that Mimos had identified 22,076 registered voters who are above 90 years old.