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Redraw boundaries cheating begin by your PAP sinkie PM

tonychat

Alfrescian (InfP)
Generous Asset
PM Lee has issued an order to the Election department's Registration Officer to revise the Register of Electors by March 31st 2014.

This means that the list of voters in each constituency will be revised and with it, it is possible that some Gerrymandering (the re-drawing of constituency boundaries) may occur.

The Register of Electors is a list of all the eligible voters in a constituency. In Singapore the boundaries of constituencies are decided by the Prime Minister.

Each constituency has its own register of electors that lists the particulars of every single eligible voter in that constituency. By conducting a revision of the Register of Electors, some people may be moved from one constituency to another.

According to the Parliamentary Elections Act, the PM can order the Registration Officer to revise the register of electors no later than 3 years after the last General Eelction.

The last GE was held on 7th May 2011, so PM Lee is acting within his power, but it is also possible that with this power, he can re-draw some of the constituency boundaries in the PAP's favour.

For example, if there are a lot of opposition voters in the east part of Singapore near the WP held Aljunied, Hougang or Punggol East constituencies, the PM could decide to re-zone some of the opposition favouring estates into the WP held wards so that their votes will not impact neighbouring PAP held wards.

By grouping more opposition supporters together in a few wards, the PAP can preserve their share of votes in other, neighbouring constituencies and ensure that they can still comfortably win those.

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The Elections department has responded to the PM's order for revision saying that the newly revised Register of Electors will be available for public inspection from the 17th of February.

From then the public will have 2 weeks to check the records and make any applications for changes to the register before the lists are finalised and published.

Members of the public can inspect the registers of electors at the inspection centres, such as the Elections Department, Community Centres/Clubs, or through the online facility available at the Elections Department website. During the 2 weeks that the registers are open for inspection:

any person who considers that he is entitled to have his name entered in a register of electors for any electoral division and whose name has been omitted from the register may apply to the Registration Officer to have his name entered therein (referred to as a claimant); and
any person whose name appears in the register for any electoral division may object to the inclusion in the register of his own name or the name of any other person appearing or may object to the insertion in the register of the name of any claimant (referred to as an objector).
PAP suffered the worst election results since independence in the last GE in 2011 and with the way that Singapore has been headed since then, many are observing that their vote share may slide even further in 2016.

Perhaps the PM is aware of this and is attempting to redraw the electoral boundaries in order to try and preserve as many of their seats as possible in the next elections due by 2016.
 

wendychan

Alfrescian (InfP)
Generous Asset
when are the elections, before or after i go to trial, WHENEVER that may be?????????????????????
 

greenies

Alfrescian
Loyal
Not a new thing.
This happened before every election.
But, great to alert everyone to know and be aware of PAP cheats.
Thank you.
 

Sideswipe

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Asset
Gerrymandering happens everywhere. this is the ruling party's legitimate way of fixing an election.
 

tanwahp

Alfrescian (Inf)
Asset
The article is half-right. It is true that the revision of electors will result in change of voters in every constituency, but the boundaries do not change during mid-term. Another revision will be held closer to the GE, then they will change the boundaries.
 

greenies

Alfrescian
Loyal
The article is half-right. It is true that the revision of electors will result in change of voters in every constituency, but the boundaries do not change during mid-term. Another revision will be held closer to the GE, then they will change the boundaries.

It is to draft the boundaries first, and then to reconfirm the nos. of voters in those boundaries later.
It provides them the data to analyze and forecast possibility of winning margin.
 
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tanwahp

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Asset
It is to draft the boundaries first, and then to reconfirm the nos. of voters in those boundaries later.
It provides them the data to analyze and forecast possibility of winning margin.

There will be another exercise in 2015/16. This is a once-in-2-years exercise.
 

laksaboy

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Asset
Boundaries should be fixed, marked out by historical landmarks and natural boundaries.

One of the negative side effects of the silly GRC system and gerrymandering is that residents have an identity crisis regarding the place where they live. A neighbourhood which they live in may be co-opted into a GRC where it doesn't belong.
 

Sideswipe

Alfrescian (Inf)
Asset
It is to draft the boundaries first, and then to reconfirm the nos. of voters in those boundaries later.
It provides them the data to analyze and forecast possibility of winning margin.


gerrymandering is an unappreciated art. look at the US congressional odd shaped districts for laughs.
 

tanwahp

Alfrescian (Inf)
Asset
Some people say gerrymandering doesn't exist in other countries like USA, some say it does.

The truth is in between.

In USA and Malaysia, the states do not change. They are legally legislated and have to stick that way. But where the districts are, USA boundaries are even more horrendous than Singapore GRCs.

But because Singapore doesn't have both state level and district level, the change of boundaries is obvious.

In Malaysia, you will be surprised that there is hardly change of division boundaries. This is not because BN is democratic, but they are too lazy to do so. It requires quite a bit of work.
 
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tanwahp

Alfrescian (Inf)
Asset
Boundaries should be fixed, marked out by historical landmarks and natural boundaries.

One of the negative side effects of the silly GRC system and gerrymandering is that residents have an identity crisis regarding the place where they live. A neighbourhood which they live in may be co-opted into a GRC where it doesn't belong.

The misnomers of boundaries were carried over after years of redrawing. Eg Aljunied GRC of which no street name "Aljunied" is in it. Punggol East is actually Sengkang Rivervale.

I think there should be a one-off redrawing and renaming of all the boundaries according to town maps as a fresh start.
 

greenies

Alfrescian
Loyal
Boundaries should be fixed, marked out by historical landmarks and natural boundaries.

One of the negative side effects of the silly GRC system and gerrymandering is that residents have an identity crisis regarding the place where they live. A neighbourhood which they live in may be co-opted into a GRC where it doesn't belong.

Absolutely agreed.
Such a small little dot country having boundary redrawn is laughable stuff.

Also, your point in identity crisis is well noted.
To better off with the identity crisis, they should make whole Singapore as one GRC (named after Singapore) and then, we all feel as Sinkie identity back to us.
 

Sideswipe

Alfrescian (Inf)
Asset
The misnomers of boundaries were carried over after years of redrawing. Eg Aljunied GRC of which no street name "Aljunied" is in it. Punggol East is actually Sengkang Rivervale.

I think there should be a one-off redrawing and renaming of all the boundaries according to town maps as a fresh start.


if population redistribution is necessary for us then we should do it every 10 or 15 years, not every election.
 

Leongsam

High Order Twit / Low SES subject
Admin
Asset
If the majority of Singaporeans are against the PAP, it won't make a scrap of difference how the boundaries are drawn.

The fact remains that the PAP is the most popular political party in Singapore by a country mile.
 

tanwahp

Alfrescian (Inf)
Asset
if population redistribution is necessary for us then we should do it every 10 or 15 years, not every election.

Some estates like Sengkang and Punggol have a population explosion, which can be from zero to 20,000 in just 5 years. But I feel that dividing up the affected wards will do, and for the rest like the old towns of Whampoa, there's no need to touch.

PAP's trick is not redrawing actual boundaries of the wards, but cutting out single wards from GRCs and absorbing single wards into GRCs. If an opposition party faithfully contests 2 or 3 adjoining GRCs for a few elections, gerrymandering is not so much a challenge. But if you want your own fiefdom like the leaders of SDA and RP, you can't blame anyone.
 

Confuseous

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Asset
The fact that the maps can be reviewed by voters in two weeks time means that they have quietly been working at it since the last erection.
No other explanation for this.

On the other hand, it takes months and police reports before we get some crap reason why empty vote cartons were found in the storerooms of some schools.
 

bic_cherry

Alfrescian
Loyal
PM Lee has issued an order to the Election department's Registration Officer to revise the Register of Electors by March 31st 2014.
This means that the list of voters in each constituency will be revised and with it, it is possible that some Gerrymandering (the re-drawing of constituency boundaries) may occur.
The Register of Electors is a list of all the eligible voters in a constituency. In Singapore the boundaries of constituencies are decided by the Prime Minister.
Each constituency has its own register of electors that lists the particulars of every single eligible voter in that constituency. By conducting a revision of the Register of Electors, some people may be moved from one constituency to another.
According to the Parliamentary Elections Act, the PM can order the Registration Officer to revise the register of electors no later than 3 years after the last General Eelction.
The last GE was held on 7th May 2011, so PM Lee is acting within his power, but it is also possible that with this power, he can re-draw some of the constituency boundaries in the PAP's favour.
For example, if there are a lot of opposition voters in the east part of Singapore near the WP held Aljunied, Hougang or Punggol East constituencies, the PM could decide to re-zone some of the opposition favouring estates into the WP held wards so that their votes will not impact neighbouring PAP held wards.
By grouping more opposition supporters together in a few wards, the PAP can preserve their share of votes in other, neighbouring constituencies and ensure that they can still comfortably win those.
electorals_0.PNG

The Elections department has responded to the PM's order for revision saying that the newly revised Register of Electors will be available for public inspection from the 17th of February.
From then the public will have 2 weeks to check the records and make any applications for changes to the register before the lists are finalised and published.
Members of the public can inspect the registers of electors at the inspection centres, such as the Elections Department, Community Centres/Clubs, or through the online facility available at the Elections Department website. During the 2 weeks that the registers are open for inspection:
any person who considers that he is entitled to have his name entered in a register of electors for any electoral division and whose name has been omitted from the register may apply to the Registration Officer to have his name entered therein (referred to as a claimant); and
any person whose name appears in the register for any electoral division may object to the inclusion in the register of his own name or the name of any other person appearing or may object to the insertion in the register of the name of any claimant (referred to as an objector).
PAP suffered the worst election results since independence in the last GE in 2011 and with the way that Singapore has been headed since then, many are observing that their vote share may slide even further in 2016.
Perhaps the PM is aware of this and is attempting to redraw the electoral boundaries in order to try and preserve as many of their seats as possible in the next elections due by 2016.
GRC= Goal-post Relocation Conspiracy/ Committee.
Truth be told, I think the minority representation excuse is just bull. LKY was smart, IIRC, he started the NMP system the added on the GRC system of elections... Singaporeans were too confused to say anything.

Actually, the NCMP system should have been used to include sufficient numbers of minority MPs in parliament: in a much more representative fashion than the current GRC system (NCMP is currently used to have token number of opposition MPs in parliament).

So almost the entire parliament turned into GRCs progressively since 1988 onwards...
Crap, they were dreaming of gerrymandering and keeping the opposition out all along...
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