The 2003 provisional register of electors for geographical constituencies will be released for public inspection from August 15 to 29. The register carries names and addresses of about 2.973 million electors, of which 164,000 are newly added.

The Registration & Electoral Office said the provisional register is part of an annual updating exercise. The final register will be published on September 15.

In this year's provisional register, more than 232,000 records were updated.

An omissions list of about 100,000 names will also be released for public inspection. These people have been struck off the electoral roll because they are believed to be dead or have moved home without reporting their change of address.

Electors are urged to make sure that their details in the provisional register are current and correct. An incorrect address could lead to a mismatched constituency or even deny an elector the opportunity to vote.

They may lodge a notice of claim with the office by August 29. Those who moved home recently or changed their addresses can update their records by the same deadline.

Objections against the registration of any person as an elector can be made by lodging a notice of objection, also by August 29.

Meanwhile, the provisional registers and omissions lists for functional constituencies and Election Committee Subsectors will also be released tomorrow.

For more details on the public inspection exercise, click here.