Voter Registration Message

Malaysian Catholic Students’ Council

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,

   We are expecting a general election very soon. As a citizen and as a Christian, it is our duty and right to participate in the political process of the country so as to elect a democratic government.
We learn that there are more than 4.7 million eligible but unregistered voters in Malaysia. Are you one of them? If you are, please spare a little time to fill in a simple form to register yourself at the nearest post office, District Office, political party office or the Election Commission office, whichever is nearer or more convenient. Many of the Catholic parishes are also providing the service of registering eligible voters before or after the Sunday masses on specific day.

   We hope that as university students and as a Catholic, you can set a good example as responsible citizens. Make sure that all your family members and close friends are also registered as voters.
In addition, many of us are studying at quite some distance from home. Would you be able to return home to vote when the general elections are held? If not, in order for you not to waste your sacred vote, please change your electoral constituency to where you are currently staying.

 

In order to do so, you need to first change the address on your identity card at any branch of National Registrar Department (JPN) of your convenience. This usually should take less than a month and the fee charge for a new Mykad is RM10.00. Once this is done, you can change your home address with the Electoral Commission at any post office by filling in another form. The change of address will not effect the Identity Card number and hence does not effect the bumiputra status of Sabahan & Sarawakians in anyway. This step may take up to 3 months before you are registered with a new polling center. So your early action is recommended to avoid disappointment at the election. When you go back to your home town later you can go through the same process again to switch your polling location and ensure your voting rights is always maintained.

   In some post offices the officer may register you or change your address online with no form needed.

  To check if you are already registered or registered at a new polling center you can check on line at http://daftarj.spr.gov.my/daftarj/ or use SMS. The 2nd option involves sending an SMS by typing `spr semak', follow by a space, then your IC no -without the hyphen. Send it to `15888'.

We hope to see you all exercising your voting rights at the up-coming elections!

In Christ,
MCSC