Election News
PPM roadshow attracts hundreds of cars
(CNS Election): Close to three hundred cars joined the Progressives’ political motorcade Saturday in a massive show of support for the ruling party on the last weekend before polling day. Possibly the longest ever political roadshow in an election campaign culminated in a rally at Savannah Meadows after winding its way through George Town and […]
Isle of Man’s Tynwald president to lead vote watchers
(CNS Elections): Stephen Rodan, the president of Tynwald, which is the parliament of the Isle of Man, will be heading the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association’s election observer mission to Cayman to watch over the historic change in the local election process from multi-voting to ‘one man, one vote’ in single-member constituencies. Expected to arrive over the weekend, […]
Election officials expect pre-midnight results
(CNS Election): The Elections Office believe that the result of the 24 May General Election will be in by midnight. With the counts taking place in each of the single-member constituencies, Elections Supervisor Wesley Howell said he was confident that the final result for each seat will in earlier than ever before. While the country […]
Cops investigating handful of election complaints
(CNS Elections): The Elections Office has confirmed that it has received only around half a dozen complaints of election skullduggery. The cases have been passed on to the RCIPS, which is now investigating the allegations, mostly about excessive ‘treating’, possible pushing over into vote-buying. But election officials and the police are not overly concerned that the […]
Special needs voters trained in casting ballots
(CNS Local Life): For the first time ever, a group of special needs voters have received training in how to cast their votes in the General Elections set for Wednesday, 24 May 2017. An Elections Office team of six, led by veteran trainer, Rupert McCoy, showed 14 out of 21 registered voters with disabilities at […]
Mobile voters to begin polling Tuesday
(CNS Election): Over 500 people will begin voting early on Tuesday under the mobile voting programme. With just ten days to go before General Election Day, the Elections Office have revealed the details of the mobile vote, which will be conducted next week in all 19 single-member constituencies across four days. The polling stations open […]
CDP candidate questions purpose of forums
(CNS Election): Denniston Tibbetts asked what the Chamber of Commerce candidate forums have accomplished, after he struggled at times to answer questions and to understand elements of government during the forum in Red Bay last week. He said he felt like a “cornered cat”, as he criticised the forum in his closing remarks. Tibbetts did […]
Voters begin picking up ID cards
(CNS Elections): The Elections Office was distributing voter ID cards at AL Thompson’s retail store Friday afternoon, as well as its own location at Smith Road. Voters can get their new registration cards until Friday, 19 May, and staff will be attending numerous locations over the next three weeks to make it as easy as possible for […]
PPM releases report on last four years
(CNS Elections): The PPM government has released a new report outlining what it says it has achieved in this administration since coming to office in 2013. Along with the expected boasts about the big-ticket items, such stabilizing public finances, improving economic confidence and rebuilding relations with the UK, the document details some of the things that the […]
Elections to be monitored by CPA observers
(CNS Elections): With Cayman about to engage in its first election under the new system of ‘one man, one vote’ in single-member constituencies, officials have confirmed that a team of observers will be coming to Cayman to oversee the 24 May General Election. Following on from a successful mission in 2013, the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association […]
