Batang Air - 96% voters without house number, 350-in-one address

Over 96% of voters in Batang Air do not have house numbers. As a result, up to 350 voters are lumped under one general locality that will be very difficult to verify. Either SPR is negligent, NRIC is negligent, or the Malaysian government development has failed to help Batang Air voters get basic and specific mailing addresses after 46 years.

None of these reasons look good. Either, SPR, NRIC, or the government has to change.

Overall, 1/3 of Malaysian voters are registered without house number (NoRumah). See our blog entry NoRumah? No Rumah? More than 1/3 voters homeless?

If you think that is bad, Table A shows that:

• Batang Air is close to the extreme case in percentage of voters WITHOUT house number.
  
• 96.3% of Batang Air (N29) of Lubok Antu (P203) are registered by SPR without a house number.
• An example: 350 voters live in 203/29/02/002 without house number, ie, Lubok Antu /Batang Air/Lubok Antu/Lubok Antu/[blank house number]

• There are 5 DMs with 100% rate of voters without house number.
• The only one below the 90% rate is DM Lubok Antu, with 87% of voters without house numbers.
• Even if Batang Air residents are mostly living in long houses, aren't there more specific door numbers or room/hall/section numbers, at least for a few percentages of the voters?
  

Table A: P203N29 DUN Batang Air Electoral Roll 200902
Percentage of voters with blank NoRumah by DM, excluding postal voters
Arranged by PERCENTAGES

parl/DUN/DM	NamaDUN	NamaDM	Count of voters with BLANK NoRumah	Count of all Voters	Percent
203/29/09	Batang Air	Kumpang	155	155	100.0%
203/29/20	Batang Air	Patoh	133	133	100.0%
203/29/05	Batang Air	Engkari	98	98	100.0%
203/29/21	Batang Air	Bilararap	198	198	100.0%
203/29/19	Batang Air	Kachong	240	240	100.0%
203/29/10	Batang Air	Klampu	384	385	99.7%
203/29/06	Batang Air	Delok	195	196	99.5%
203/29/23	Batang Air	Gugu	290	292	99.3%
203/29/24	Batang Air	Nenyang	74	75	98.7%
203/29/03	Batang Air	Sekarok	349	356	98.0%
203/29/18	Batang Air	Ensawang	540	551	98.0%
203/29/11	Batang Air	Sayat	322	329	97.9%
203/29/08	Batang Air	Empit	422	432	97.7%
203/29/04	Batang Air	Kesit	656	673	97.5%
203/29/01	Batang Air	Sebangki	466	479	97.3%
203/29/12	Batang Air	Kutai	608	627	97.0%
203/29/22	Batang Air	Sepaya	284	293	96.9%
203/29/14	Batang Air	Jela	431	449	96.0%
203/29/16	Batang Air	Bertik	187	196	95.4%
203/29/15	Batang Air	Sempang	116	123	94.3%
203/29/13	Batang Air	Mepi	408	437	93.4%
203/29/17	Batang Air	Krangan Mong	138	148	93.2%
203/29/07	Batang Air	Kaong	347	382	90.8%
203/29/02	Batang Air	Lubok Antu	625	716	87.3%
Overall			7,666	7,963	96.3%

What can by-election observers do?

Use phone cameras to take photo of any voter ICs with specific house number but whose house numbers do not appear in the voter roll. This would prove that SPR has not registered voters properly, or not publishing the information for voter verification.

Go here for more details about this suggestion.

In the above link, we suggest how field observers can verify whether these voters really do or do not have house numbers in the IC/MyKad. If they don't, then the pressure should shift to NRIC Department to include these crucial information in ICs.


Table B shows that:

• SPR's voter registration is so unspecific, omitting any house/door number, that 350 voters are lumped into an address without house number (NoRumah).
• 67 localities without house number contain more than 50 voters each.
  

Table B: P203N29 DUN Batang Air Electoral Roll 200902
List of 50 or more voters in the "same house" - NON-POSTAL VOTERS
Voters grouped by unique addresses (Kodlokaliti + NoRumah)
For TM: SMK=Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan; SK=Sekolah Kebangsaan; Tdk=Tadika; Dwn=Dewan; Pjb=Pejabat; Rmh=Rumah. You can expand the TM column for full view.

voters in addr	parl/DUN/DM/ lokaliti	NamaDM	NamaLokaliti	NoRumah Cleaned	TM
350	203/29/02/002	Lubok Antu	Lubok Antu		SMK Lubok Antu
194	203/29/01/001	Sebangki	Sebangki Panjai		SK Sebangki
184	203/29/03/001	Sekarok	Sekarok		SK Sekarok
178	203/29/12/001	Kutai	Kg. Kutai		SK Lubok Antu
166	203/29/14/004	Jela	Ng Jela Sps		Tdk Kemas Nanga Jela
155	203/29/12/005	Kutai	Panjai Ruai		SK Lubok Antu
141	203/29/08/003	Empit	Ng San		SK Melaban Empit
129	203/29/07/001	Kaong	Kaong Ulu Sps		Tdk Kemas Kaong Ulu
128	203/29/04/002	Kesit	Lbk Subong		SK Nanga Kesit
123	203/29/04/006	Kesit	Sarubah		SK Nanga Kesit
123	203/29/12/003	Kutai	Lalang		SK Lubok Antu
115	203/29/07/003	Kaong	Pudai Sps		Tdk Kemas Kaong Ulu
114	203/29/03/002	Sekarok	Bui Panjai		SK Sekarok
110	203/29/18/003	Ensawang	Wong Panjai		Dwn Serbaguna Salcra Skim Batu Kaya
109	203/29/02/003	Lubok Antu	Nyemungan		SMK Lubok Antu
109	203/29/12/002	Kutai	Batu Bebini		SK Lubok Antu
106	203/29/13/003	Mepi	Ng Pan Sps		SK Batang Ai
104	203/29/13/004	Mepi	Ng Mepi Sps		SK Batang Ai
103	203/29/04/001	Kesit	Rh. Ran Ng. Kesit		SK Nanga Kesit
103	203/29/07/002	Kaong	Sg Ara Sps		Tdk Kemas Kaong Ulu
103	203/29/18/006	Ensawang	Wong Pandak		Dwn Serbaguna Salcra Skim Batu Kaya
102	203/29/17/002	Krangan Mong	Kerangan Mong Sps		Tdk Kemas Krangan Mong
99	203/29/22/001	Sepaya	Raraka Engkari		SK Nanga Tibu
97	203/29/08/002	Empit	Bulo		SK Melaban Empit
96	203/29/11/001	Sayat	Ng Kumpang		SK Nanga Kumpang
95	203/29/22/003	Sepaya	Ng Setamang		SK Nanga Tibu
94	203/29/08/001	Empit	Empit		SK Melaban Empit
94	203/29/13/001	Mepi	Kaong Ili Sps		SK Batang Ai
91	203/29/10/001	Klampu	Danau		Rmh Renggie Bukong
90	203/29/08/004	Empit	Changkol		SK Melaban Empit
90	203/29/22/002	Sepaya	Sepaya Engkari		SK Nanga Tibu
89	203/29/10/005	Klampu	Kelampu		Rmh Renggie Bukong
88	203/29/10/004	Klampu	Bt Tungku		Rmh Renggie Bukong
88	203/29/14/005	Jela	Ng Telaus Sps		Tdk Kemas Nanga Jela
88	203/29/18/001	Ensawang	Ensawang		Dwn Serbaguna Salcra Skim Batu Kaya
88	203/29/18/002	Ensawang	Rakut		Dwn Serbaguna Salcra Skim Batu Kaya
87	203/29/02/001	Lubok Antu	Govt Residential		SMK Lubok Antu
85	203/29/09/001	Kumpang	Kumpang Langgir		SK Nanga Aup
77	203/29/04/014	Kesit	Ng Ngemah		SK Nanga Kesit
77	203/29/06/004	Delok	Ng Sumpa Delok		SK Nanga Delok Lubok Antu
77	203/29/21/003	Bilararap	Bilararap		SK Ulu Lemanak Nanga Uyau
75	203/29/11/002	Sayat	Sayat		SK Nanga Kumpang
74	203/29/01/005+B383	Sebangki	Tebusan Bara		SK Sebangki
74	203/29/23/003	Gugu	Ng Mengkak		Rmh Intang Mengiling
72	203/29/11/003	Sayat	Sermat		SK Nanga Kumpang
70	203/29/09/002	Kumpang	Kumpang Paoh		SK Nanga Aup
70	203/29/14/001	Jela	Ng Tutong Sps		Tdk Kemas Nanga Jela
70	203/29/14/003	Jela	Ng Musing Sps		Tdk Kemas Nanga Jela
66	203/29/16/001	Bertik	Ng Bengap Sps		Dwn Serbaguna Salcra Sps Batang Ai
65	203/29/19/004	Kachong	Ng Puloh Lemanak		SK Nanga Menyebat
65	203/29/20/004	Patoh	Ng Bawi Patoh		Pjb Pertanian Nanga Patoh
64	203/29/10/003	Klampu	Bukong		Rmh Renggie Bukong
63	203/29/01/002	Sebangki	Bintong		SK Sebangki
63	203/29/13/005	Mepi	Ng Mepi Pasir Sps		SK Batang Ai
62	203/29/01/006	Sebangki	Nyato Kesit Lemanak		SK Sebangki
62	203/29/16/002	Bertik	Ng Bertik Sps		Dwn Serbaguna Salcra Sps Batang Ai
62	203/29/23/002	Gugu	Mengiling		Rmh Intang Mengiling
61	203/29/23/005	Gugu	Ng Ukom		Rmh Intang Mengiling
60	203/29/01/003	Sebangki	Sebangki Ulu		SK Sebangki
60	203/29/18/005	Ensawang	Tabau		Dwn Serbaguna Salcra Skim Batu Kaya
59	203/29/16/003	Bertik	Ng Jengin Sps		Dwn Serbaguna Salcra Sps Batang Ai
58	203/29/18/007	Ensawang	Panggang		Dwn Serbaguna Salcra Skim Batu Kaya
52	203/29/10/002	Klampu	Kandis Btg Ai		Rmh Renggie Bukong
51	203/29/03/003	Sekarok	Bui Ran		SK Sekarok
51	203/29/05/001	Engkari	Ng Talong		SK Ulu Engkari
50	203/29/15/001	Sempang	Tapang Pungga Sps		Tdk Kemas Sempang
50	203/29/21/004	Bilararap	Ng Uyau		SK Ulu Lemanak Nanga Uyau