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2/15/2018 
ELECTIONS OFFICE DISMISSES OPPOSITION CLAIMS OF VOTER P...  
The Parliamentary Elections Office in Grenada has dismissed claims made by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) that the names of some people on the voters’ list are being transferred from one constituency, to another. In response to this, voter and civic registration officer, Ferdinand Phillip, is appealing for good sense to prevail, to avoid generating ill feelings among the voting population. Phillip said that there are legitimate instances where voters’ names can be transferred to another constituency, but impartiality and competence are maintained at all times. “In any constituency, persons are allowed to…if you are a Commonwealth citizen and you have resided in Grenada for a period of at least one year, 12 months unbroken… you can get registered. Now, ideally, you are asked to present your passport—your valid passport—which will show that you have been in the country for those 12 unbroken months. “However, we do have persons, who are living in Grenada, for more than 12 months. “We are guided by the legislation and the legislation states that, in the absence of that, an affidavit, from a justice of the peace—and that is a legal document—will suffice. “You know, it states the person’s age; it states that the person has been living in that particular locality, for such and such time, and it states their date of birth. Once those things are there, we cannot refuse to register a person and, if such a person then requires a transfer, we have to do it,” Phillip said. Phillip appealed to the Grenadian public to educate themselves before making statements that can place the Electoral Office and its procedures in a negative light. “If persons would read the law, they would be aware that these are legitimate cases that were done within the confines of the law and, so, we want persons to know that there is a process. “If you realize that you suspect that someone has been registered and maybe they didn’t have the proper document, or maybe they registered in the wrong place, or whatever, or maybe they were transferred to another locale and you don’t agree with it, then make an objection. “The law again makes provision for that,” he said. Source: Caribbean News Now
 

 


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ELECTIONS OFFICE DISMISSES OPPOSITION CLAIMS OF VOTER P...  
Please God we ask you for an administration that put its people first. How can someone stand up while they ask us to keep moving
110By: sheila Jones
2/21/2018 7:23:21 PM
What is this story i am reading here and if part of this is true or suspected to be true then the Election office needs to have a full investigation into this matter by external auditors to have these names names validated before voting day on the 13th and from a legal point of view and if any such issues is found those responsible in the election office should be made accountable and the CID/Fraud investigators should be called in and if found charges should be made against the offenders for this is a serious matter of urgency and should not be taken lightly for this is Grenada not Jamaica or Trinidad and fair play Must Prevail.
250By: gabe
2/16/2018 7:30:16 AM