Sarawak has 600,000 new voters but political education needed, says minister


KUCHING: More than 600,000 new voters have been added to the Sarawak electoral roll after the implementation of Undi18 and automatic voter registration, says Datuk Seri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah.

The state Youth, Sport and Entrepreneur Development Minister said this meant the number of voters in every constituency had increased by at least a third.

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