The strange case of recycled ICs in Sabah

Ong Kian Ming | 8:19AM Jun 14, 2012 

COMMENT Many of the problems uncovered thus far by the Malaysian Electoral Roll Analysis Project (Merap) are not directly attributable to the Election Commission (EC).

The responsibility of issuing identity cards and ensuring that as far as possible the holders of these cards are Malaysian citizens who live in valid residences is under the jurisdiction of the National Registration Department (NRD).

Questionable foreign-born citizens in voters roll

Ong Kian Ming | 8:14AM Jun 2, 2012 

COMMENT The Election Commission (EC) produced a booklet entitled ‘The Truth Behind the Accusations and Lies towards the Election Commission' on its website. In this booklet, the EC tried to defend itself against 12 allegations made with regard to the electoral roll.

Non-resident voters: EC economizes with 'truth'

Ong Kian Ming | 11:01AM May 17, 2012 

COMMENT I have been asked many questions with regard to the 3.1 million potential non-resident voters which I first highlighted at a press conference together with members of the Bersih steering committee on April 23. I subsequently wrote about this issue in greater detail here.

EC has not been honest in all its rebuttals

Ong Kian Ming | 9:45AM May 7, 2012

COMMENT Bersih 3.0 may have been a success in terms of its ability to attract more than 100,000 Malaysians from all walks of life to come out in support of clean and fair elections but the hard work of ensuring that this aspiration is translated into reality needs to continue.

Electoral roll: What else is the EC hiding?

Ong Kian Ming | 10:36AM Apr 24, 2012 

COMMENT In two previous articles, I highlighted 10 problems associated with the electoral roll as part of the preliminary findings of the Malaysian Electoral Roll Analysis Project (Merap), a research effort to identify and understand problems with the existing electoral roll.

'Dubious' voters may decide GE13

Ong Kian Ming | 9:15AM Apr 8, 2012 

ANALYSIS In the first part of this article, I highlighted five problems with the electoral roll which were not addressed in the report by the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) on Electoral Reform.

In this second part, I will highlight five additional problems with the electoral roll, all of which concern the highly problematic area of postal voting among army and police personnel.

10 major problems in EC's electoral roll

Ong Kian Ming | 9:26AM Apr 7, 2012 

ANALYSIS The Parliamentary Select Committee on Electoral Reform report, which was released earlier this week, highlights 22 recommendations on how to improve the electoral process.