EC debunks Bersih's 'double registration' claim


The Election Commission (EC) has deserted allegations of stand in registration in a electoral roll, clarifying that a 'fraud' unearthed by Bersih 2.0 yesterday were legitimate applications of Sabah as well as Sarawak electorate to switch their choosing by casting votes addresses to Selangor.

NONE"Their applications to shift address from Sabah/Sarawak to Selangor have been pending subject to normal checking/verification with a National Registration Department (NRD).

"(There was) one week's display, (and) subject to objection (will be) gazetted in about mid May," pronounced EC chairperson Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof(left) in a text-message whe! n contac ted yesterday.

For electorate whose applications have been approved, their names will be deleted from a Sabah as well as Sarawak electoral lists though defended in a gazetted electoral list of Selangor, he explained.

"The EC will never intentionally do stand in registration as well as you have been perplexing really hard to clean up a citizens hurl at all times," Abdul Aziz added.

Yesterday electoral reform bloc Bersih 2.0 claimed that 24,105 electorate in Sabah as well as Sarawak had beenregistered twicein Selangor in a ultimate electoral hurl updated until a initial entertain of 2012.

NONEHowever, Bersih 2.0 steering committee member Maria Chin(right), who presented a findings, did not disclose any specific box when asked by a media, saying t! hat deta ils will be suggested at a press conference in a nearby future.

She also claimed that these stand in registrations were found in a gazetted electoral hurl of initial entertain of 2012, though Abdul Aziz pronounced it will be gazetted usually in May.

Asimilar allegationwas leveled by antithesis personality Anwar Ibrahim final month, who claimed that a voter named Zarina Abu Tausi registered in Pulai, Johor, was re-registered as a brand new voter in Pekan, Pahang.

A search upon a EC's official website afterwards showed Zarina having two choosing by casting votes status. Her initial choosing by casting votes address in Pulai labelled as "verified el! ectoral roll" while her second in Pekan tagged as "application being processed".

The EC later gave a sameexplanation, that Zarina was previously upon a master hurl as an ordinary voter in Pekan though had applied to be an absentee voter in Pekan as her husband was portion in a military.

The website showed two annals of Zarina since a online database was being updated for a fourth entertain hurl of 2011, in that her duplicate has been listed, as well as was gazetted usually two days ago, an EC official explained.

When a database is updated, usually one choosing by casting votes standing will remain, he added.
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