2008-05-06

Phantom Army Camp and Out-and-In Army Voters

Abandoned army camp in Penang housed 473 phantom voters, who floated out and in during the same quarter ...

Once upon a time, there was a deserted army camp on an island. Island lores had it that 473 phantoms had taken up residence in the camp. Yes, it was recorded in the government scroll.

Mysteriously, during the last northeast monsoon season, 312 of these phantoms floated out of the camp, and just as mysteriously, the same 312 ICs and names floated back into this same camp - all during the 4th quarter of 2007 ...

After the monsoon season, few phantom voters were seen to have moved out (2008q1). Today, local folks will swear by the belief that phantoms continue to linger in the eerie halls of the forsaken camp, where the only sign of life is rodents crawling out of its looted compound ... Perhaps the drug addicts who ransacked the officer mess and dark corridors had run into the spirits, but their lips are sealed ...

Table 1 Background: 473 Phantom Voters

  • This abandoned army camp site is known on the electoral roll as locality code 049/26/05/400 or PULAU PINANG state, TANJONG (p049) parliamentary constituency, PADANG KOTA state assembly seat (26), WELLESLEY SCHOOL voting district (DM 05), and MARKAS 2 DIV JLN SULTAN AHMAD SHAH locality (400).

  • 049/26/05/400 is the army camp pictured above. Wikimapia.org satellite map is here.

  • GE2008, which took place on 2008 Mar 8, made use of electoral rolls that were gazetted on 2008 Feb 5, using data mostly updated to 2007q4 (2007 Dec 31).

  • However in the specific case of this Tanjong parliamentary constituency (P049, which covers this army camp), the 2007q4 voter changes (2007 Oct 1 to Dec 31) were disputed by political parties, so the gazetted roll for 2008 Feb 5 included only voter changes for P049 up to 2007q3 (2007 Sep 30).

  • Table 1 shows the 473 ICs registered at this location as of the electoral roll gazetted 2008 Feb 5, which was used in the 2008 Mar 8 general election. This means as of 2007q3, there were 473 registered voters at this location.

  • In table 1, we have only listed the ICs and not the voter names, to minimize unnecessary exposure to the privacy of these (probably) real-person, though clearly non-resident, voters. You can confirm their names and registered location at SPR's voter verification Web site here or by checking SPR-issued MS Access-formatted electoral roll if you have a copy. You should get valid response as long as the SPR site continues to display the electoral roll gazetted on 2008 Feb 5.

  • If you represent SPR, an election-monitoring NGO, political party, academician, or journalist with proper editorial and managerial control, you can email me at saengch at gmail dot com to request the detailed data. But I may need some introduction or endorsement from other reputable sources before I give out too much voter details.

  • We also have a copy of the SPR-published PDF files for 2007q3 2007q4, and 2008q1 electoral changes for P049.
Table 1: 473 voters registered at abandoned army camp MARKAS 2 DIV JLN SULTAN AHMAD SHAH (049/26/05/400, gazetted 2008 Feb 5)
ICICICICICICICIC
561225086002710829085752771011075856T1078597T1095394T1114810T1139127T3009750
570101085088710921045366780506135536T1078795T1095435T1116815T1139526T3009989
580209085230711122035318790419086376T1078921T1095457T1117123T1139531T3010091
590615035414720110045054791012016442T1079042T1095577T1117328T1139947T411736
600515016108720124025740791012095072T1079044T1095713T1117344T1139998T411897
620508025004720206025330791017086204T1080098T1095911T1117382T1140181T411967
620611086470720320045474791212115138T1080754T1095949T1117527T1140818T5000793
630702055572720401105002791214025670T1080858T1096441T1117821T1142067T5000921
631201075756720416086086800215025244T1081020T1096636T1117928T1142070T5001324
640114075592720430025204811105136158T1081075T1097109T1118610T1142199T5001513
640303075380720502085784811127015154T1081294T1097430T1118974T1142303T5001962
640606115458720516075480T1066854T1081555T1097643T1119044T1142429T5002385
651228105968720811025304T1067427T1081699T1097667T1119084T1144257T5002596
660115045318720817715410T1067438T1081929T1097779T1119521T1148895T5003031
660711025508730102085928T1067491T1081944T1097781T1119616T1151853T5003204
660819025390730104086430T1068390T1082059T1098097T1119722T1151974T5003205
660925025466730310135168T1069183T1082104T1098119T1120504T1152426T5003218
660926085954730312025106T1069670T1082217T1098210T1121371T3000068T5003228
661118025042730312075656T1070523T1082604T1098270T1121432T3000442T5003360
661217025486730322075158T1070539T1082757T1098519T1121684T3000587T5003365
670628085170730405025404T1071252T1082767T1098594T1121737T3000755T5003549
680108025106730811075618T1071909T1082967T1098741T1121767T3001277T5003694
680108075402740124025060T1072146T1083635T1099747T1122147T3001458T5004074
680301086736740320075284T1072209T1083827T1100081T1122148T3001809T5004320
680307015496740321026206T1072628T1084098T1100214T1122386T3001934T5004394
680331085232740602085632T1073032T1084511T1100881T1122924T3002209T5004696
680404025514740617085934T1073274T1084570T1101166T1123125T3002277T532915
680607075124740628025400T1073360T1084895T1101775T1124177T3002430T533534
680705085166741217025072T1073798T1085133T1102130T1124252T3002476T533733
681211045302741227065260T1073840T1085378T1102348T1124755T3002908T533952
690303075044750116085468T1073901T1085400T1102562T1124951T3003203T534171
690315025140750207025110T1073956T1087784T1102629T1125256T3003612T534711
690401025614750208075312T1074014T1088184T1103233T1125329T3003850T534877
690417075202750304025470T1074043T1088443T1103770T1126227T3003930T535067
690515135782750402075324T1074079T1088505T1103778T1126264T3004777T535380
690609075100750411086068T1074330T1088522T1103938T1126265T3006044T535571
690612085668750507115134T1074702T1088782T1104054T1127241T3006311T535831
690713035440750523035388T1075100T1089881T1104451T1127718T3006349T536309
690714025672750701036042T1075123T1090001T1104685T1127824T3006761T536313
690813086114750722075112T1075125T1090597T1105032T1127860T3006989T6004530
691105075558750724025426T1075484T1090983T1105219T1128036T3007140T6033377
691212025222750803085523T1075585T1091091T1105402T1129536T3007353T6074863
700103025110750812026082T1075679T1091133T1105808T1129747T3007599T6083862
700211025572750814086070T1075732T1091458T1105811T1130272T3007625T60843
700417095066750924135144T1075850T1091708T1105973T1130939T3007634T6103844
700502025150751114086170T1075927T1091878T1106510T1131336T3007913T6108665
700609085014751220135394T1076022T1092092T1106533T1131535T3007963T6121730
700923025378751224025344T1076053T1092284T1106924T1132089T3008032T6138844
701225086258760126025054T1076055T1092328T1107145T1132549T3008247T6144657
710203045396760706026352T1076160T1092410T1107587T1133092T3008314T6146727
710221025866760708026188T1076228T1092578T1107882T1133677T3008377T6153203
710222025526760821086086T1076287T1092600T1109679T1133834T3008539T6155479
710324135152760918135008T1076479T1092668T1110236T1134349T3008561T720147
710331075100761006055296T1076613T1092700T1111530T1135297T3008583
710518026106761011025366T1077069T1092703T1112419T1135931T3008608
710531015006761023075504T1077080T1092808T1112521T1136035T3008881
710612025054761225025556T1077109T1092809T1113022T1136992T3009165
710621035342770525087016T1077641T1094259T1113084T1138133T3009189
710711025308770617025242T1077920T1094610T1113092T1138381T3009694
710726025546771002076494T1078194T1094813T1114000T1138509T3009710
Source: SPR

Table 2 Background: Out-and-In Phamtom Voters
  • Subsequent to 2007q3, that is in 2007q4 (not gazetted), there were 312 voters who were moved out of this army camp ( Penandaan Pemotongan - Pemilih Bertukar Alamat, a deletion to voter list, code 32 by MALVU).

  • But strangely enough, also during 2007q4, the same 312 voters were moved back into this army camp ( Pendaftaran Tukar Alamat, an addition to voter list, code 12 by MALVU).

  • These 624 changes (=312x2) were part of a total of 684 voter changes at 049/26/05/400 during 2007q4. The other 60 changes (684-624) were of minor interest. The 60 included 2 voters who registered as new army voters in 2007q4, and then immediately retired from the army, also in 2007q4.

  • Table 2 lists the ICs of those 312 voters who were moved out and in of this same location (049/26/05/400) during the same quarter (2007q4).

  • There may be a question whether they were IN-OUT or OUT-IN voters. We have figured out that they were OUT-and-IN voters, because we have also found all 312 on the 2008 Fed 5 gazetted electoral rolls (2007 Sep 30 data for P049 Tanjong). Since these 312 were already in the electoral roll on 2007 Sep 30, for the following quarter of 2007q4 these 312 can only be moved OUT first, before being moved IN again.

  • It looks to us that these 312 army voters were at first moved out of this phantom army camp in 2007q4, only to have another authority reversed the decision, and moved them immediately, back to the same location, during the same quarter.

  • You will also be able to find all these ICs on SPR's voter verification Web site here with data gazetted on 2008 Feb 5. However, you can only see their "movement out of and then into the same army camp" by viewing the 2007q4 PDF file for "Senarai Tambahan" or supplementary list of quarter changes of voters. We have a copy of this PDF file that was downloaded from SPR Web site around 2008 Jan 17.
Table 2: 312 voters who moved OUT and IN of abandoned army camp in 2007q4 (049/26/05/400 MARKAS 2 DIV JLN SULTAN AHMAD SHAH)
ICICICICICICICIC
T1066854T1077080T1088522T1098097T1117344T1131336T3003203T5002596
T1067427T1077109T1088782T1098119T1117527T1132089T3003612T5003031
T1067438T1077641T1089881T1098210T1117821T1132549T3003850T5003205
T1067491T1077920T1090001T1098270T1117928T1133677T3003930T5003218
T1068390T1078194T1090597T1098519T1118610T1133834T3004777T5003228
T1069183T1078597T1090983T1098594T1118974T1134349T3006044T5003360
T1069670T1078795T1091091T1098741T1119044T1135297T3006311T5003365
T1070523T1078921T1091133T1099747T1119084T1135931T3006349T5003694
T1070539T1079042T1091458T1100214T1119521T1136992T3006761T5004074
T1071252T1079044T1091708T1100881T1119616T1138133T3006989T5004320
T1071909T1080098T1091878T1101775T1119722T1138381T3007140T5004394
T1072146T1080754T1092092T1102130T1120504T1138509T3007353T5004696
T1072628T1080858T1092284T1102348T1121371T1139127T3007625T532915
T1073274T1081020T1092328T1102562T1121684T1139526T3007634T533534
T1073360T1081075T1092410T1103770T1121737T1139531T3007913T533733
T1073798T1081294T1092578T1103778T1121767T1139947T3007963T533952
T1073840T1081555T1092600T1103938T1122147T1139998T3008032T534171
T1073901T1081699T1092668T1104054T1122148T1140181T3008247T534711
T1073956T1081929T1092700T1104451T1122386T1140818T3008314T534877
T1074014T1081944T1092703T1104685T1122924T1142067T3008377T535067
T1074043T1082059T1092808T1105032T1123125T1142199T3008539T535380
T1074079T1082104T1092809T1105402T1124177T1142303T3008561T535571
T1074330T1082217T1094259T1105811T1124252T1142429T3008608T535831
T1074702T1082604T1094610T1105973T1124755T1144257T3008881T536309
T1075100T1082757T1095394T1106510T1124951T1148895T3009165T536313
T1075123T1082767T1095435T1106533T1125256T1151974T3009189T6004530
T1075125T1082967T1095457T1106924T1125329T1152426T3009694T6033377
T1075484T1083635T1095577T1107145T1126227T3000068T3009710T6074863
T1075585T1083827T1095713T1107587T1126264T3000442T3009750T6083862
T1075679T1084098T1095911T1107882T1126265T3000587T3009989T60843
T1075732T1084511T1095949T1109679T1127241T3000755T3010091T6103844
T1075850T1084570T1096441T1110236T1127718T3001277T411736T6108665
T1075927T1085133T1096636T1111530T1127824T3001458T411897T6121730
T1076022T1085378T1097109T1113022T1127860T3001934T411967T6138844
T1076053T1085400T1097430T1114000T1128036T3002209T5000793T6144657
T1076228T1087784T1097643T1114810T1129536T3002277T5000921T6146727
T1076287T1088184T1097667T1116815T1129747T3002430T5001324T6153203
T1076479T1088443T1097779T1117123T1130272T3002476T5001513T6155479
T1076613T1088505T1097781T1117328T1130939T3002908T5002385T720147
Source: SPR

Table 3 Background: Only 7 unexciting changes in 2008q1
  • Subsequent to the end of 2007, in 2008q1 there were minimal movements in this camp in. See Table 3

Table 3: Only 7 changes were made to 049/26/05/400 Phamtom army camp during 2008q1
Locality Code Change Type Count
492605400 Penandaan Pemotongan - Pemilih Bertukar Alamat 2
492605400 "Penandaan Pemotongan - Hilang Kelayakan Sebagai Pengundi Pos" 2
492605400 Penandaan Pemotongan - Bersara Polis/ Tentera 3
Source: SPR

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