EC should start process to register 18-year-olds as voters, say leaders


Youth of the nation: Undi18 aims to allow 18-year-old Malaysians, including (from left) K. Aniemalar, Nathaniel Eliezer Chin, Afiq Amanie Mohd Amran and S. Padmaullashini, to have their voices heard in elections. — IZZRAFIQ ALIAS/The Star

PETALING JAYA: Leaders from across the political divide are not for any delay in the lowering of the minimum voting age to 18 as well as automatic voter registration (AVR).

Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said the movement control order was not a good reason for the two initiatives to be deferred.

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