Bersih has raised concerns over what it described as a strategic attempt by certain parties to disenfranchise potential new voters in Selangor.

The Bersih steering committee in a statement today said it was alarmed at the exploitation of the voter objection provision in the Elections (Registration of Electors) Regulations 2002, which allowed for objections to new voter registrants.

"The objection provision in the regulations is in place to weed out phantom voters but unfortunately, the recent trend in objections may give rise to a misperception that there is a conscious, racially-targeted effort to block new voters from registering," it said.