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The Registers of Electors for all
23 electoral divisions have been certified on 29 October 2004. There are
2,113,540 names of electors in the certified Registers.
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Of these, 420 are registered as
overseas electors to vote at one of the eight Overseas Polling Stations.
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These will be set up in the
Singapore diplomatic Missions in Canberra, Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai,
Tokyo, London, Washington and San Francisco. Annex
A shows the distribution of the overseas electors by Overseas Polling
Stations.
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Reaching out to overseas
Singaporeans
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As this is the first time
registration for overseas voting was opened, Elections Department worked with
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Singapore International Foundation and
Contact Singapore on a series of publicity and outreach initiatives to inform
Singaporeans abroad of the registration exercise.
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We placed banners publicizing the
registration exercise on the websites frequently accessed by overseas
Singaporeans, such as the SIF website, AsiaOne, Channelnewsasia, Zaobao online
and ST Interactive. These banners were hyperlinked to the Elections Department
website (www.elections.gov.sg) which
gave details on the Registers of Electors and the registration exercise for
overseas voting.
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About 15,000 copies of information
brochures on the registration exercise and application forms were distributed
to the Singapore Missions, Overseas Singapore Clubs and Contact Singapore
Centres in the eight cities concerned.
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Information on the registration
exercise was also disseminated through the overseas clubs’ contacts and
those of government or major local corporations with overseas offices.
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Contact during registration
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During the registration period
from 28 September to 18 October, the Elections Department website recorded a
total of 56,319 names in the Registers of Electors being checked via its
online service. 27,125 of these names (48 per cent) were accessed from outside
Singapore.
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In total, 706 overseas
Singaporeans completed the registration forms using the electronic facility
provided by the Elections Department website and 100 submitted their hardcopy
applications in person or by registered post to Elections Department or the
Missions direct.
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Of the 706 who made use of the
electronic facility to complete the forms, only 446 sent in the hardcopy forms
to Elections Department or the Missions, as required under the law.
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Therefore, only 546 applications
for which the hardcopy forms have been received were eventually processed by
Elections Department. Of these, 420 applications were approved and 126 could
not be accepted because the applicants did not satisfy the qualifying criteria
for registration.
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The Registers of Electors are
produced in two versions, namely, hardcopy and CD. Political parties and
potential candidates for elections may purchase them at Elections Department.
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The price for each set of hardcopy
Register ranges from $110 for a Single Member Constituency, to $660 for a
6-member Group Representation Constituency. The CD-Registers are sold at half
the price of the hardcopy versions. All prices are exclusive of GST.
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Annex
A.....
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Source: Elections Department 4
Nov 2004
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Certification of Registers of Electors 2004
