Elections office faces last minute registration scramble
(CNS): With just a few days left to register to vote in time to be added to the electoral roll before Election Day, the Elections Office has been inundated with requests and is letting people know there might be a delayed response to email inquiries. Nevertheless, officials say they will respond to everyone before the deadline and are urging everyone entitled to register to do so now.
The office in George Town will be open today, Tuesday and Wednesday from 9:00am until 7:00pm, and the office on Cayman Brac will be open from noon until 7:00pm.
“Due to a high volume of emails, our email responses are currently delayed. However, all emails have been received and will be processed accordingly,” the office stated and apologised for any delays.
The last day to register is Wednesday, 15 January. The office will then spend the next three months checking and verifying the new register, which will be published on 1 April.
Nomination Day, marking the official start of the election campaign, has been set for 3 March. This is when all candidates wanting to contest one of the 19 seats must declare their intention. Election Day will be on 30 April.
Although the government has presented a bill to hold a referendum on the same day asking voters if they support the idea of developing cruise piers, creating a national lottery and decriminalising the use and possession of small amounts of ganja, that bill is not expected to pass through parliament.
People wanting to register can visit the office or call 949-8047.
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Category: 2025 General Elections, Elections, Politics
Nothing screams ‘democracy in action’ like waiting until the last possible second to register and inundating the Elections Office with emails. At least we’ve got three months to triple-check the list and plenty of time to argue about cruise piers and ganja. Efficiency at its finest!
A lot of people won’t register to vote as they are concerned about being called for jury duty.
Nothing but a ruse to expand the jury pool. No thanks.
I encourage professional and qualified Caymanians who can envision our small island nation 25, 30 years in the future, to run for office and lay the foundation for that future today. Our young people need us to make a stand for them today! Their education, their health, their careers, their homes, are on the line today. We can no longer be lackadaisical about these things and leave them up to someone else. We need to take our place in our democratic landscape.
I agree. and that have WE the people best interest at heart! Not everyone is cut out for such a task. but we can all work together and make our country great and look out for our own people first then can we cater to others. Caymanian people seem to be overlooked in our own country and feel that we don’t matter and that is sad. Our previous GOV has let this happen, but now it’s time we take back what is our and what our ancestors fought for and built!
The Referendum is a complete joke. Just a ploy by Kenneth to get paid lost souls come out to vote for him. These people should ask themselves who is doing anything for me right now and will I still be alive when any of this promised shit comes to pass 🤔
I am being told my long ago filed status application is being heard on 5 May.
1. That is a public holiday so they are lying to me.
2. That is after the election.
This is not democracy. We are becoming a joke.
If you are a Jamaican Bodden Town resident, your application will be sped through.
If you are an educated professional in any other district…don’t hold your breath.
Please remember to register. You can then join the “WAP”. Woters Against de Port.
aww
already got my membership