But there might be planted voters
As a follow-up to the phantom voters post , I feel obliged to write about the latest interview by journalist Aniza Damis in the New Sunday Times . When talking about 35-year-old housewife, Sharmila Thuraisingam , who claims to have been registered to vote without her knowledge in a place she never lived, the Election Commission chairman reaffirmed that this was not a phantom voter, but admitted, "At worst, this may be a case of a 'planted voter'," someone registered at the wrong address. My personal highlight comes when the chairman says "Registration is done through forms. We can't check every form. There are too many. So we base it on trust. We know we were cheated many times. But the number has dropped." And later: A: The system then may have been manipulated. But don't blame the EC. We based everything on trust. Q: Is that a smart thing to do? A: It was, then. That's why we changed it. Keep this in mind. As long as you base your acti...