The latest change - which is to ensure that each polling district has the optimal number of voters - was set out in a 144-page notification on Wednesday in the electronic version of the Government Gazette. -- ST PHOTO: DESMOND LIM
A DAY after the announcement that the register of voters will be updated, the Government Gazette has now revealed that changes have been made to polling districts.
The latest change - which is to ensure that each polling district has the optimal number of voters - was set out in a 144-page notification on Wednesday in the electronic version of the Government Gazette.
While the revision to the register of voters was viewed as a routine exercise, the changes to polling districts is certain to fuel speculation that the process for an election is being set in motion. This is because such changes are part of the steps that need to be taken ahead of a General Election.
The changes affecting polling districts are also a precursor to the release of the Electoral Boundaries Report - another closely-watched report which details the number and size of single-member and group representation constituencies.
In the previous three general elections, the time-lag between the release of changes to polling districts and the release of the Electoral Boundaries Report has ranged from 19 days for the 2001 election, to six months for the January 1997 election.
The general election followed after the boundaries report.
Read the full report in Thursday's edition of The Straits Times.
