Avril Clarice Chin Ning, 18, and 19-year-olds Ivan Alexander Ong and Addam Johanson Jeremy Shayne filed the application against the Registrar of Electors for Sarawak and the Election Commission on Wednesday through lawyers Clement Wong, George Lo and Simon Siah.
Wong said the youths were seeking a declaration that they are citizens entitled to vote in any election held after Dec 15 this year. He noted that the voting age has been lowered from 21 to 18 years with the gazetting of Undi18 on Dec 15, which also provides for automatic registration of voters once they reach 18 years of age.
"But the applicants' names are not on the electoral roll. This is because they are currently not registered as voters in the electoral roll used in the Electoral Roll Notice ," Wong said.