Electoral roll can’t be 100pc clean, says EC

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 30 — The Election Commission (EC) today conceded that it is impossible to clean fully the electoral roll, despite calls for a clean-up before the next elections.

EC chairman Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof claimed that no country could ever clean their electoral roll 100 per cent, because of deaths, relocations and citizenships being revoked.

“We have tried our best to clean our electoral roll within the law,” Abdul Aziz (picture) told reporters here.

“If I clean my roll now, tomorrow somebody (might) die. It will be dirty again.”

Abdul Aziz insisted that the EC cannot by law simply alter the roll by changing a registered voter’s particulars.

The EC also kept mum on the date of Election 2013, amid Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard announcing her country’s election date eight months early today.

“All I can say is as the days go by, the election date becomes nearer,” Abdul Aziz joked.

“We cannot compare ourselves to others, we have our own way of doing things.”

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