Clock ticking as NEC trains 6,000 voter registrars
After many delays, the National Election Committee officially launched its computerised voter registrations system on August 18, though less than two weeks remain to train more than 6,000 staffers in the process. At the event – which was attended by the ambassadors of Japan and the EU, who provided the computer equipment – NEC president Sik Bunhok acknowledged that the body had received the electronics late but maintained the registration process was still on track. Tep Nytha added that fail safes like a multi-stage verification process – the operator, monitors and Interior Ministry’s Khmer ID database – would also ensure a clean voter database.
