Government appoints various quarters to register new voters

He said statistics of the ministry indicated that more than 4.18 million people who were eligible to register had yet to do so.

"This is a very huge number for us to locate and register, so we appoint (any party) whom we feel can help. Political parties have also been allowed to undertake the registration process," he said, adding that the registration could also be done by non-governmental organisations.

"Unfortunately, there is some overlap in the registration, which adds to the workload of the Election Commission," he said in the Dewan Rakyat when replying to a supplementary question from Normala Abdul Samad (BN-Pasir Gudang).

Normala had sought clarification to claims that the Barisan Nasional government intentionally complicated voter registration, especially in the case of the younger generation.

Razali said the government had never made the voter registration process difficult and, in fact, focused on ensuring that the people registered as voters to invigorate democracy in the country.

Meanwhile, replying to the original question from Lim Lip Eng (DAP-Segambut), Razali said the EC had received 1,021 objections on fresh registration and 632 on change of address pertaining to the supplementary electoral rolls for the four quarters of 2014.