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The '''Elections Department''' manages the conduct of Presidential and Parliamentary elections and any national referendum in Singapore.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20250220195110/https://www.eld.gov.sg/our_role.html</ref> It oversees the Registry of Political Donations (RPD). The RPD administers the Political Donations Act, the objective of which is to prevent foreign interference in Singapore’s domestic politics through funding. | The '''Elections Department''' manages the conduct of Presidential and Parliamentary elections and any national referendum in Singapore.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20250220195110/https://www.eld.gov.sg/our_role.html</ref> It oversees the Registry of Political Donations (RPD). The RPD administers the Political Donations Act, the objective of which is to prevent foreign interference in Singapore’s domestic politics through funding. | ||
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* take action if they have reason to suspect the political finance law has been broken | * take action if they have reason to suspect the political finance law has been broken | ||
==Controversy== | |||
* about 200 Singaporeans have informed the Elections Department (ELD) that their names are not in the Registers of Electors for the upcoming Presidential Election (2023), even though they said they voted in the 2020 General Election<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20250220201019/https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/presidential-election-singaporeans-unable-vote-names-registers-electors-eld-ge2020-3721766</ref> | |||
* Over 1,000 voters wrongly taken off voter rolls in PE 2023, due to human errors in GE 2020<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20250220201041/https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/over-1000-voters-wrongly-taken-voter-rolls-pe-2023-due-human-errors-ge-2020-2258276</ref> | |||
* incident where almost 10,000 voters in Tanjong Pagar GRC received two poll cards<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20250220201416/https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/politics/eld-apologises-after-9822-voters-in-tanjong-pagar-grc-receive-two-poll-cards-due-to-error-by-printer</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
[[category:govt bodies]][[category:Elections]] | [[category:govt bodies]][[category:Elections]] | ||