Moved house? EC says too late to change voting address for Dec 12 Sarawak Election
By Shikin Louis KUCHING, Nov 6: Sarawak voters who have moved to a new address but have yet to update their voting constituency will not be able to do so in time for the 13th Sarawak Election on Dec 12 if they only submit their applications this month. Applications to change voting addresses are processed and gazetted only at the end of the following month, meaning those submitted anytime in November will only take effect after polling day. Strategic Communications Assistant Director of the…
Voters in Sarawak who moved house cannot update their voting address in time for the Dec 12 election if they apply this month.
Applications to change voting addresses are processed and gazetted at the end of the following month.
Changing an address on an IC does not automatically update the voting constituency.
Voters must update their address with JPN before applying to the EC.
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KUCHING, Nov 6: Sarawak voters who have moved to a new address but have yet to update their voting constituency will not be able to do so in time for the 13th Sarawak Election on Dec 12 if they only submit their applications this month.
Applications to change voting addresses are processed and gazetted only at the end of the following month, meaning those submitted anytime in November will only take effect after polling day.
Strategic Communications Assistant Director of the Election Academy under the Election Commission (EC), Nomi Juliana Mohd Redzuan Min, said this during a briefing at Hilton Hotel here today, urging voters to understand that changing their residential address and updating their voting constituency were two separate processes.
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