MOHAMED Azmin Ali is in the lead over his rival Rafizi Ramli in the Johor polls for the party’s deputy president’s position.

However, the party’s central election committee (JPP) deputy chairman Adzman Hedra said there are still memberships that need to be verified.

“There are about 1,100 votes which are in doubt. We will call the division leaders and check on the validity of the membership. If it is confirmed (then) we will tabulate the digital vote,” he told The Malaysian Insight.

As the number of memberships in dispute is high, he said, it can determine the outcome of the state’s ballot.

“We will settle this in 48 hours. We have to settle this as we want to focus on the other states,” he said.

Adzman said they hoped to settle the matter by 5pm tomorrow.

He said some individuals had insisted that they were members even though their names were not on the rolls during balloting.

Adzman said they were allowed to fill a form with their details which the committee will then cross-check later with its rolls in the party headquarters.

He said the ballots of disputed members are kept separate and will be opened when it is confirmed if he is a member.

In Penang and Kedah, he said, this is what happened with some legitimate members and that created some commotion.

He said 10,725 members voted yesterday. Johor counts 37,934 as among its ranks.

So far, only Penang PKR has successfully held elections. Polls in Kedah PKR held on the same day were invalidated and postponed to another day due to glitches in the e-voting system.

Following repairs, the same system was employed in the Johor polls. – October 1, 2018.