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Voter Registration for 2024/2025 electors Register

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Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands – Thursday, 14 September 2023: The Supervisor of Elections, Mr. Lister Dudley Lewis, has advised that the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) Register of Electors is currently being updated and a new register will be published on 31st March 2024.

Persons whose names are not on the current register and would like to be included on the new Register of Electors will have until 30th November 2023 to contact the Elections Office with the relevant documentation for registration.

Registration for inclusion on the Electors Register is an ongoing process; however, in accordance with the Elections Ordinance, an updated register is due 31st March each year.

The Supervisor of Elections encourages new applicants, to apply to be included on the register, especially those ages 17 and older who did not apply to be included on the 2023/2024 register.

He stated, “Eligible voters on the present Register of Electors, do not need to re-apply to be included in the 2024/2025 register, they will automatically be included unless the Elections Office is notified that they have changed their name or place of residence, or no longer meet the eligibility criteria, this includes being a resident in the Turks and Caicos Islands for at least 12 out of 24 months.”

Persons seeking registration MUST be in possession of a National TCI Status Card issued by the Ministry of Immigration and Border Services. Those without a National TCI Status Card are advised to apply prior to registration.

The Supervisor of Elections further stated that the 2024/2025 Electors Register produced and published on 31st March 2024 may be the register used to facilitate the upcoming general elections.  He lamented that no additional names will be added to the register after publication.

All new applicants if qualified will be added to the 2024/2025 register and, therefore, will be qualified to vote in the upcoming general elections.

To assist persons during the voter registration process, the Supervisor will be conducting voter registration drives to accept registration applications on the following Islands:

  • Providenciales, at Electors Office

September – Tuesday, 26th September 2023; Thursday, 28th September 2023.

October – Tuesday, 10th October 2023;

Thursday, 12th October 2023;

Friday, 13th October 2023;

Tuesday, 24th October 2023;

Thursday, 26th October 2023;

Friday, 27th October 2023.

November – Tuesday, 7th November 2023;

Thursday, 9th November 2023;

Friday, 10th November 2023;

Monday, 27th November 2023;

Thursday, 30th November 2023.

  • North Caicos , at District Commissioner’s Office, Conference Room

September – Wednesday, 27th September 2023.

October – Wednesday, 11th October 2023.

November – Tuesday, 28th November 2023; Wednesday, 29th November 2023.

  • South Caicos, at District Commissioner’s Office, Conference Room

September – Monday, 9th October 2023.

October – Monday, 23rd October 2023.

November – Monday, 6th November 2023.

Voter Registration application forms for inclusion on the TCI Register of Electors for 2024/2025 can be obtained from the Elections Offices in Pond Street, Grand Turk; Butterfield Square, Providenciales (opposite DMV), District Commissioner’s Office, Salt Cay & South Caicos; Conch Bar, Middle Caicos; and Bottle Creek, North Caicos.

For further information on the voter registration process, contact:

  • Grand Turk Elections Office at: +1 (649) 338-2304 or +1 (649) 338-2301
  • The Supervisor of Elections at: +1 (649) 246-7742 or via email at: dllewis@gov.tc
  • Providenciales Elections Office at: +1 (649) 338-4681.

For information on the verification of TC Islander Status and applying for National TCI Status Cards, please contact the Ministry of Immigration and Border Services.

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