Polls reform panel wants people to vote where they are residing

Polls reform panel wants people to vote where they are residing

Many countries enforce such a rule, says ERC chairman Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahman.

Kelantan has 60,000 voters living outside the state, says the Electoral Reform Committee.
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The Electoral Reform Committee (ERC) is studying a system to ensure that each person votes in his or her place of residence, said its chairman, Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahman.

Rashid said many countries enforced such a practice, which was seen as viable to be adopted in Malaysia.

He said that based on a survey, Kelantan and Terengganu had the highest number of voters residing in other states but voted in their hometowns.

“In Kelantan, there are about 60,000 voters living elsewhere. So too in Terengganu.

“This is not cheating. These are valid voters who reside outside the states but continue to be registered as voters in Kelantan and Terengganu.

“This is not accurate and shouldn’t happen. These voters, because they now stay and work outside Kelantan, should be voting in their current place of residence,” he told reporters after delivering a lecture on “Electoral reforms in Malaysia” at Universiti Utara Malaysia here today.

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