General Election... one step closer
By S Ramesh | Posted: 03 January 2011 1911
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SINGAPORE: Singapore's Registers of
Electors are being revised once again.
According to a Government Gazette notification, the Prime Minister
has directed the Registration Officer to do the revision and
complete it on, or before February 28 this year.
The Registers for all 23 electoral divisions were last certified on
March 31, 2010, and had 2.3 million names.
The latest gazette notification also stipulates a new date for
names of electors to qualify to be in the Registers.
The order by the Prime Minister states that the prescribed date
shall be January 1 in any year, instead of July 1.
Analysts whom Channel NewsAsia spoke to said this would allow the
revised registers to contain the names of those who qualify to vote
as on January 1, 2011.
Analysts said this is also an indication that elections are
looming.
Meanwhile, another report that's awaited is the Electoral
Boundaries Review Committee.
There is a likelihood of smaller group representation
constituencies and more single member constituencies.
The next General Election must be held by February 2012, while the
election for the Presidency is due this year.
-CNA/wk
Source:
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1102479/1/.html
