We can't reject incomplete addresses, says EC

Election Commission (EC) chairperson Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof explained that the commission has no power to reject the registration of voters with incomplete addresses which are said to be dubious.

If these registrations receive no objection from local residents and are gazetted into the master electoral roll, whatever comment from critics would have no effect unless the voters themselves apply for changes, he said.

“Just like the cases in Kampung Melayu Majidee, Johor, the EC’s responsibility is to register qualified Malaysian citizens as voters based on the addresses on their identity cards at the time of their application and after verification with the Agency Link Up System (Alis) of the National Registration Department (NRD).

“Assistant election registrars from government departments, NGOs, post offices, political parties, universities and others, who are appointed by the EC, can register any voter with code 71 and other codes if they apply.  

“The EC has no right to reject these registration when Alis verifies the addresses as valid and accurate as the ones recorded in NRD’s database,” he told Malaysiakini in a text message today.

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