PKR POLLS | A technical support team has been formed to ensure the voting process for the PKR election in Johor on Sunday will be smooth.

The party’s Central Electoral Committee deputy chairperson Adzman Hedra (photo) said the formation of the team, consisting of 25 IT graduates, was a step towards improving the e-voting system that was implemented for the first time in this election.

"Taking cognisance of the scenario that occurred in the election process in Kedah and Penang last week, the problem identified was due to human factor.

"Some of the officers are not well-versed in the system despite the dry run conducted, so we will improve this system in Johor's election on Sept 30,“ he said after appearing as a guest in the Bernama Bulletin programme in Kuala Lumpur today.

Adzman said that there was also a data error that resulted from a "çoding problem" which led to failure to locate the names of some party members and the result could not be counted.

However, the problem had been solved and he was confident that the polling process in Johor and other states would go smoothly.

PKR president-elect Anwar Ibrahim yesterday said the e-voting system would continue for PKR's election process with the improvements made.

The e-voting process, which made its debut in Kedah and Penang on Sept 22 for the PKR election, was criticised by some party members who wanted the system to be abolished due to technical interruptions during the voting process.

- Bernama