Singapore's next general election, which has to be held before April 21 next year, can be called only after the electoral registers are updated, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in a Facebook post on Saturday. That will take about a month, he added. Political reporter Fabian Koh explains why it takes that long, and how it fits into the entire electoral process.
A The Registers of Electors were opened for inspection from Saturday, a day after the new electoral boundaries were released.
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