The Election Commission (EC) has been urged to update its electoral list urgently so that it will be a clean slate, minus “discrepancies”, before voters troop out to the polling stations on election day.

Dr Kelvin Yii, the special assistant to Sarawak DAP chairperson Chong Chieng Jen, said this yesterday in a statement to Malaysiakini.

“I strongly urge the EC to show greater urgency to screen through and clean up the electoral list from all discrepancies to ensure a free and fair election, especially for the coming GE14."

Yii said the future of the nation must not be decided by dubious voters...