Registers of electors to be revised by end July for Presidential Election

You can inspect the revised registers of electors later in Jun 2017.

Chan Cheow Pong | June 02, 2017, 11:39 AM

In another sign that the election season is approaching, the the Elections Department (ELD) under the the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) announced in a statement on Friday (June 2) that the register of electors will be updated in preparation for the Presidential Election,

“The Prime Minister has directed the Registration Officer to revise the registers of electors and to complete the revision on or before 31 Jul 2017,” said the statement.

Any person who satisfies the following qualifying criteria as of 1 Jun 2017 (i.e. the cut-off date for the registers of electors) will have his name included in the register of electors for an electoral division:

a. is a citizen of Singapore (holder of pink NRIC);

b. is not less than 21 years of age;

c. is not disqualified from being an elector under any prevailing law;

d. (i) has a Singapore residential address on his NRIC; or (ii) if he is residing overseas, and has changed his NRIC address to an overseas address, has a contact address in Singapore registered with the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority for voting purpose (also known as a Local Contact Address).

The public can inspect the revised registers of electors for 2 weeks later in Jun 2017.

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