Johor polls: Copies of electoral roll can be bought now, says EC

JOHOR BAHRU: Copies of the electoral roll to be used for the state election can now be bought at the Election Commission (EC) headquarters in Putrajaya and the Johor EC office and have been available since Monday (Feb 21).

In a statement on Tuesday (Feb 22) the EC said that under the Election (Registration of Electors) Regulations 2002, the commission is allowed to sell the electoral rolls, including the Supplementary Electoral Roll for December 2021 and the Principal Electoral Roll 2021 in both hard copy and soft copy versions.

"The soft copy version can be purchased in two formats - Portable Document Format (PDF) or Microsoft Access Database (MDB) - at a stipulated at EC headquarters in Putrajaya or any EC offices," it said.

"The EC is always committed to discharging its duties and functions, including preparing the electoral rolls which are now certified and gazetted on a monthly basis,” added the Commission

It said the Supplementary Electoral Roll for December 2021 which was gazetted on Jan 14 and the Principal Electoral Roll 2021 gazetted on Jan 17 can be checked at https://www.spr.gov.my; https://mysprsemak.spr.gov.my; MySPR Semak and the official portals of state election at http://ppn.spr.gov.my.

As such, the EC advised all Johor voters to check their polling centre, polling channel and other details at those channels or by calling 03-88927018. - Bernama