Tag: Mario Rankin

Election office under pressure as challenges delayed

Election office under pressure as challenges delayed

| 11/04/2017 | 10 Comments

(CNS): The chief justice will begin hearing challenges by the Elections Office to the nomination of Mario Rankin to stand as a candidate in Newlands on Thursday, while those relating to Alric Lindsay and Nickolas DaCosta will now take place on Tuesday after the senior judge granted an adjournment to allow attorneys representing the would-be […]

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Election queries to be heard behind closed doors

Election queries to be heard behind closed doors

| 10/04/2017 | 22 Comments

(CNS Elections): Chief Justice Anthony Smellie will hear challenges this week to candidates nominated last month who may not be qualified, but the hearings will be behind closed doors. Supervisor of Elections Wesley Howell has raised questions about the eligibility of three candidates that he wants the courts to decide on. According to the court […]

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Saunders drops party allegiance to contest BTW

Saunders drops party allegiance to contest BTW

| 13/03/2017 | 36 Comments

(CNS): Chris Saunders, who failed to win a seat when he ran on the UDP ticket in 2013, is planning to launch his bid for Bodden Town West by sending a letter to every one of the 1,453 voters in the constituency, offering himself as an independent. With Saunders running in a loose alliance with […]

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Rankin plans independent run in Newlands

Rankin plans independent run in Newlands

| 13/03/2017 | 32 Comments

(CNS Elections): A former chairman of the United Democratic Party’s Bodden Town district branch, Mario Rankin has announced his intention to contest the seat of Newlands in the May General Election. However, the local businessman appears to be running as an independent and not with the Cayman Democratic Party (the renamed UDP), headed by McKeeva […]

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