Officials warn 194 voters may miss out on election
(CNS Elections): Almost 200 voters have less than three weeks to contact the elections office and supply their correct information otherwise they will not be able to vote in the May General Election. According to the Elections Office, during the registration and list verification processes, they were unable to contact, by telephone, email or during door-to-door visits, 194 persons with incorrect addresses. However, at least two names on the list of 194 registered voters were included due to an error at the Elections Office, so it is advisable for all voters to check the list, even if they believe there is no problem with their address.
The number represents 0.9% of the 21,465 voters on the revised list. Their addresses with historical house numbers and addresses do not match the official Cayman Islands street numbers and address database. Many of these voters registered before 2009.
“If the registering officers cannot locate these persons and update their voter information during the claims and objection period that ends 20 February, the registering officers will file objections to these persons – whose addresses could not be confirmed – being included in the Final Voters List that will be published 1 April,” Election Supervisor Wesley Howell warned. “Consequently, if the magistrate revising officer upholds those objections, those persons cannot vote in the General Elections.”
He added, “I urge the public to review at the names of the 194 persons on list and contact us with updated contact details or other information in person, by email or phone.”
The list of names with incorrect addresses has been posted along with the revised list on the Elections Office website at here.
People can visit the office in George Town on Smith Road, email office@elections.ky or call 949-8047 before 20 February.
Following the registration process that culminated in the release of the revised voters list on 31 January, the period for claims and objections to the revised voters list began on 1 February and will continue until 20 February. This will be followed by a formal review process during which a magistrate, the revising officer, will decide on the objections.
The district registering officers will take into account additional changes, if any, from the judicial process and publish the Final Voters List on 1 April. Only those on that final list will be eligible to vote in May.
Along with the 194 persons, this period of public review of the revised list and for claims and objections filed is a critical step in publishing an accurate official list of electors.
Category: Electorate
All those 9999’s indicate they were registered originally without a house number, do they not?