6.5k overseas Singaporeans wrongly e-mailed about successful overseas voting registration

In a programming glitch, the e-mails were sent to people who had earlier applied to be overseas electors. - ST FILE

SINGAPORE: About 6,500 Singaporeans living overseas received an erroneous e-mail from the Elections Department (ELD) on May 24 informing them that they had successfully registered to vote from abroad.

The e-mail seen by The Straits Times stated that the recipient’s application “to register as an overseas elector” had been approved.