83 Voters in the Same House - More SPR Negligence?

When 83 or 60 voters reside in the same house, either the NRIC Department or the SPR must have been negligent in registering their specific street addresses.

This blog entry also looks for voters who have house number (NoRumah), indicating a specific house location. But many of them apparently live in giant house addresses. The problem is likely to be historical vagueness in NRIC and SPR's registration processes.

This is all the more reason to abolish SPR's voter registration, and implement automatic voter registration based on NRIC Department data. Then the parliament and NGOs can focus on NRIC's quality of work. Why tolerate another layer of voter registration mistakes, vagueness, and delay created by SPR?

What Table A tells us:

• Table A lists Permatang Pauh addresses that are shared by 15 or more voters.
• Table A includes both localities that are with and without house numbers (NoRumah). Those without house numbers overlap with the previous blog entry.

• For those without house numbers, a voter may have a kampong/mukim locality, but may not have a street address (Jalan/Lorong/Solok, etc) and house number.
  
• An example: Seberang Jaya/ Kampong Belah Dua/ Pmtg Nibong. (60 voters here, no house number.)
  
• The fault of omitting street name and house number could lie with:
  
• The government and MPSP for not developing proper streets for these residents,
• The NRIC Department for failing to register the specific house and street address in MyKad,
• SPR, for failing to register or display in electoral roll, the relevant street name, and/or house number
  

• But for many who do have house numbers, which indicates a very specific house: how is it that there are no street names for them?
  

• An example is Seberang Jaya/ Jalan Sembilang/ Kg Bagan Serai/ 1155 (NoRumah is 1155; 83 voters live here; but where's the street name?).
  
• Either the NRIC Department or the SPR has messed up in the street address registration process.
• This problem has reached legendary proportion in rural states such as Sabah and Kelantan.
  

• Most of these names may indeed be genuine voters.
• Kampong Bagan Serai is a crowded area that would be considered squatter area by strict urban standards.
  
• But who can tell who are genuine? With 83 voters at NoRumah 1155, 60 voters at NoRumah 1138, 45 voters at NoRumah 334, and 21 voters at NoRumah 331?
  

Table A: 12 or More Voters Sharing Same Address, With and Without House Numbers
Excluding Postal Voters, Arranged by Number of Voters
Permatang Pauh P044 - 2008 July 31

Parl/DUN/ DM/Lokaliti	NamaDUN / State Assembly Seat	NamaDM / Voting District	Nama Lokaliti / Locality Name	NoRumah / House Number	Voters in this add ress
044/10/01/001	Seberang Jaya	Jalan Sembilang	Kg Bagan Serai	1155	83
044/10/01/001	Seberang Jaya	Jalan Sembilang	Kg Bagan Serai	1138	60
044/10/04/001	Seberang Jaya	Kampong Belah Dua	Pmtg Nibong		60
044/12/07/001	Penanti	Kubang Ulu	Kubang Ulu Mk 20		47
044/10/01/001	Seberang Jaya	Jalan Sembilang	Kg Bagan Serai	334	45
044/12/04/006	Penanti	Mengkuang	Mengkuang Titi Mk 19		39
044/10/07/002	Seberang Jaya	Simpang Ampat	Ptg Rawa Mk7		33
044/12/06/005	Penanti	Penanti	Pondok Penanti Mk 20		32
044/12/04/003	Penanti	Mengkuang	Mengkuang Mk 19		32
044/11/05/004	Permatang Pasir	Kampong Pelet	Kg Pelet Mk 3		31
044/12/02/002	Penanti	Kuala Mengkuang	Mk 20 Kuala Mengkuang		30
044/11/06/001	Permatang Pasir	Kubang Semang	Kubang Semang Mk 5		27
044/10/03/004	Seberang Jaya	Kampong Pertama	Kampong Besar		24
044/11/04/001	Permatang Pasir	Bukit Indra Muda	Bt Indra Muda Mk 3		23
044/12/01/002	Penanti	Guar Perahu	Mk 21 Guar Jering B M		22
044/12/01/004	Penanti	Guar Perahu	Kampong Terus Mk 21		22
044/10/01/001	Seberang Jaya	Jalan Sembilang	Kg Bagan Serai	331	21
044/12/01/006	Penanti	Guar Perahu	Mk 21 Padang Ibu		20
044/11/01/004	Permatang Pasir	Sama Gagah	Kg Sama Gagah Mk 2	747	20
044/10/03/001	Seberang Jaya	Kampong Pertama	Kampong Pertama Mk 4		20
044/11/04/004	Permatang Pasir	Bukit Indra Muda	Bt Indra Muda Mk 5		20
044/11/04/005	Permatang Pasir	Bukit Indra Muda	Kg Petani Mk 5	340	19
044/11/04/002	Permatang Pasir	Bukit Indra Muda	Kg Petani Mk 3	788	19
044/11/01/004	Permatang Pasir	Sama Gagah	Kg Sama Gagah Mk 2	536	18
044/12/02/003	Penanti	Kuala Mengkuang	Mk 20 Mengkuang Mak Sulong		17
044/11/09/003	Permatang Pasir	Permatang Tengah	Pmtg Tengah Mk 4	2618	17
044/11/01/004	Permatang Pasir	Sama Gagah	Kg Sama Gagah Mk 2	597	17
044/10/01/001	Seberang Jaya	Jalan Sembilang	Kg Bagan Serai	986	17
044/10/01/001	Seberang Jaya	Jalan Sembilang	Kg Bagan Serai	1023	16
044/10/01/001	Seberang Jaya	Jalan Sembilang	Kg Bagan Serai	1214	16
044/11/02/013	Permatang Pasir	Permatang Ara	Pmtg Pasir Mk 3		16
044/11/05/004	Permatang Pasir	Kampong Pelet	Kg Pelet Mk 3	730	16
044/11/03/001	Permatang Pasir	Permatang Pauh	Pmtg Pauh Mk 4	967	16
044/10/06/008	Seberang Jaya	Jalan Bahru	Tmn Pauh	17	16
044/11/01/004	Permatang Pasir	Sama Gagah	Kg Sama Gagah Mk 2	958	16
044/11/05/004	Permatang Pasir	Kampong Pelet	Kg Pelet Mk 3	562	16
044/11/02/003	Permatang Pasir	Permatang Ara	Sg Sintok Mk 2	717	16
044/10/06/007	Seberang Jaya	Jalan Bahru	Misjid Timah Mk 6		16
044/12/01/003	Penanti	Guar Perahu	Mk 21 Guar Perahu B M		15
044/12/06/004	Penanti	Penanti	Penanti Mk 20	906	15
044/12/03/004	Penanti	Telok Wang	Telok Wang Mk 19		15
044/12/06/004	Penanti	Penanti	Penanti Mk 20		15
044/12/01/001	Penanti	Guar Perahu	Bukit Berangan Mk 21	587	15
044/10/01/024	Seberang Jaya	Jalan Sembilang	Pintas Sembilang 13	43	15
044/10/04/004	Seberang Jaya	Kampong Belah Dua	Taman Hj. Mohd Amin	1	15
044/12/09/003	Penanti	Tanah Liat Mukim 9	Tanah Liat Mk 9		15

Table B shows us that:

• When voter registration includes street names, such as "Jalan" and "Lorong," then voter registration is less confusing.
• Voters tend not to be confusingly "crowded" into a large address.
• Table B is at the other end of the spectrum started by Table A, and is included to contrast with Table A.
• That is, Table B includes a sample of Locality+House Number with only a single registered voter. Table B shows more specific addresses.
• Even then, there are some very vague voter address registration.

Table B: Some Addresses With Only A Single Voters
To Demonstrate More Specific Locality/Address Details
Permatang Pauh P044 - 2008 July 31

Parl/DUN/ DM/Lokaliti	NamaDUN / State Assembly Seat	NamaDM / Voting District	Nama Lokaliti / Locality Name	NoRumah / House Number	Voters in this add ress
044/10/05/023	Seberang Jaya	Seberang Jaya I	Lrg Siakap 32	11-A	1
044/10/05/005	Seberang Jaya	Seberang Jaya I	Taman Siakap	BLK B/120-H	1
044/11/05/004	Permatang Pasir	Kampong Pelet	Kg Pelet Mk 3	512	1
044/10/02/004	Seberang Jaya	Seberang Jaya II	Jalan Tenggiri	545B	1
044/12/03/005	Penanti	Telok Wang	Kg Tun Sardon	TS 6122	1
044/12/09/003	Penanti	Tanah Liat Mukim 9	Tanah Liat Mk 9	279(B)	1
044/10/01/027	Seberang Jaya	Jalan Sembilang	Lrg Sembilang 5	36	1
044/10/02/008	Seberang Jaya	Seberang Jaya II	Lrg Tenggiri 1	BLK 03-13	1
044/12/08/001	Penanti	Sungai Semambu	Kg Tok Elong Mk 20	2032	1
044/11/08/004	Permatang Pasir	Kampong Cross Street 2	Tanah Liat Mk 8	576	1
044/11/04/004	Permatang Pasir	Bukit Indra Muda	Bt Indra Muda Mk 5	1471	1
044/12/02/002	Penanti	Kuala Mengkuang	Mk 20 Kuala Mengkuang	3562	1
044/10/09/002	Seberang Jaya	Taman Tun Hussein Onn	Taman Baru	16	1
044/11/01/008	Permatang Pasir	Sama Gagah	Tmn Samagagah	957	1
044/10/06/009	Seberang Jaya	Jalan Bahru	Kg Setol Mk 6	623	1
044/11/07/002	Permatang Pasir	Tanah Liat Mukim 8	Kg Paya Mk 8	459	1
044/10/08/019	Seberang Jaya	Jalan Tuna	Lebuh Tuna	BLOK D-21-643-C	1
044/12/06/003	Penanti	Penanti	Kubang Semang Mk 20	1283	1
044/12/03/001	Penanti	Telok Wang	Bukit Gempas Mk 19	516	1
044/10/02/008	Seberang Jaya	Seberang Jaya II	Lrg Tenggiri 1	BLOK E4-14	1

Table C shows us that:

• There is a large occurrence of Locality+House Number where many voters seems to "live together,"
• For example, there are 3 places with 50 or more registered voters.
• One of the these 3 places is without house number (NoRumah left blank),
• When we exclude that place without house number, we are still left with 2 places where SPR has registered the Locality+House Number, but where more than 50 voters reside, apparently.
  

• There are 10 places shared by 20 to 29 voters, including 8 places without house number,The number rises quickly from here.
• There are 25 places shared by 15 to 19 voters, including 7 places without house number,
• There are 104 places shared by 12 to 14 voters, including only 10 places without house number,
• There are 166 places shared by 10 to 11 voters, including 3 places without house number,
  

• There are 2,747 places shared by 5 or voters, including 57 places without house number,

Table C: Tallying Locality+House Number, and the Number of Voters in Each

Number of voters at same Locality+House Number	Count of such Locality+House Number, including Blank NoRumah	Count of such Locality+House Number, EXCLUDING Blank NoRumah	Count of Blank House Number
50 and above	3	2	1
30 to 49	8	1	7
20 to 29	10	2	8
15 to 19	25	18	7
12 to 14	104	94	10
10 to 11	166	163	3
9	155	150	5
8	231	229	2
7	436	433	3
6	645	638	7
5	964	960	4
4	1,674	1,664	10
3	2,624	2,617	7
2	5,357	5,344	13
1	13,535	13,499	36
Total	25,937	25,814	123

Note:

• We attempt to "standardize" house numbers in the database before looking for voters with the same house number, in order to find more of them.
• For example, we eliminate the inconsistently used "NO. " or "N0. ". Additionally, we eliminate stand-alone "-", "*", and other odd characters that represent blank house number.