#Providenciales, March 14, 2019 – Turks and Caicos – A
one-month long consultation to change some of the procedures and practices of
the General Election process has begun since March 5, 2019 although it seems
the general public was just advised of the open consultations this past
Tuesday.
Observers
of the General Elections of 2012 and 2016 had made recommendations to the Turks
and Caicos Elections Office and now there is a formal document itemizing the
recommendations.
The
public has until April 5, 2019 to say just what they think of the proposed
changes; there are 14 recommendations which essentially determined that some
TCI election practices were cumbersome, potentially problematic and lacking in
the greatest possible clarity and transparency.
Some the recommendations, as outlined by the Supervisor of Elections, Dudley Lewis in his notice on Tuesday are:
Do
you think there should be advanced polling for emergency personnel like police
officers and hospital workers and for voters over the age of 65-years?
Would
you like it if election results for each polling station were placed at the
station once the ballots are counted?
Do
you think it should be stated, in law, how long a voter has to be a resident of
a district before he or she is considered a voter of that district?
There
is also a recommendation to outline clearly at what point an All Island
candidate can ask for a recount of votes and where that recount would take
place and interesting, a proposal to end the process of marking voters’ fingers
with ink or dye.
“Please submit your feedback on the proposed
amendments to the Elections Ordinance by email or hard copy document to Lister
Dudley Lewis, Supervisor of Elections, SPPD Office Complex, South Base Grand
Turk or email DLLewis@gov.tc. The consultation will commence March
5th 2019 and closes April 5th, 2019.”
The 14 recommendations can be found at MagneticMediaTV.com.
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