Jamaicans who do not need a voter identification (ID) card will nonetheless be capable of forged their ballots on Election Day, September 3, as soon as their names seem on the Voters’ Checklist.
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The clarification got here from the Director of Elections, Glasspole Brown, throughout an interview with JIS Information.
“So long as you’re on the voters’ record, you may be allowed to vote, however the course of will contain you filling out some kinds and taking an oath,” Mr. Brown defined. He famous that the oath requires electors to swear that they’re the right registered voter.
Whereas the regulation gives for voting with no voter ID card, Mr. Brown is urging individuals who haven’t but collected their renewed playing cards to take action earlier than Election Day. “If you’re not but within the possession of your new voter ID card, we recommend that you just accomplish that shortly earlier than September 3,” he stated.
The Electoral Workplace of Jamaica (EOJ) has disclosed that roughly 120,000 voter ID playing cards stay uncollected at constituency places of work throughout the island. Many belong to people who registered way back to 2016 and acquired playing cards that have been set to run out in 2019 however have been later prolonged till 2021.
Public Relations and Communications Supervisor on the EOJ, Daynia Harper, emphasised that having the voter ID card considerably improves the method at polling stations. “Having the voter ID card on Election Day makes the method faster and it makes it smoother, leading to shorter traces and shorter wait instances for individuals,” she stated.
