Election Ordinance Amended to Allow for Mobile Polling Stations Here
The election ordinance has been amended to allow for mobile polling stations.
Attorney General honourable Sheree Jemotte Rodney says the change to the act makes it easier for persons in prison who have not been convicted to vote, as well as persons in the hospital.
Honourable Sheree Jemmotte Rodney, speaking ion the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday.
She says Observer Missions who monitored the elections in Montserrat in 2014 and 2019 made recommendations on ways in which the electoral process could be enhanced by giving persons more access to vote.
The amendment also separate the functions of the Chairman of the Electoral Commission and the Supervisor of Election.
In related news….Chairman of the Electoral Commission Barry Chalmers is encouraging the public to cooperate with enumerators in the field.
He says the officials began house to house visits on Monday and are gathering information over the next several days to compile the preliminary voters list.
Chairman of the Electoral Commission Barry Chalmers.
According to the Electoral Commission, enumerators will go house-to-house in Salem, St Peter's, Brades, Davy Hill, St. Johns and Look Out and all surrounding areas.