Tag: Electoral Boundary Commission

Mac calls on Alden to admit opinion on OMOV

Mac calls on Alden to admit opinion on OMOV

| 20/05/2015 | 16 Comments

(CNS): The opposition leader has said that he is willing to stand side by side with the premier, despite their current differences, in opposition to one man, one vote in single member constituencies if he is willing to admit his true opposition to the voting change. McKeeva Bush’s opposition to the plan is widely known […]

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District boundaries

District boundaries

| 06/05/2015 | 13 Comments

Attila the Hun writes: The current debate being raged by the Caymanian Compass, the leader of the opposition (LOO) and the premier (although he seems to have backed off and is leaving the fight to LOO) to combine the two districts of North Side and East End into one electoral district, returning one representative, has […]

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EBC seeks more input on new political landscape

EBC seeks more input on new political landscape

| 05/05/2015 | 2 Comments

(CNS): Although the district public meetings held by the new Electoral Boundary Commission have now finished, the commissioners are still looking for input from the public before they begin the work of drawing up their report and recommendations for Cayman’s shift to one man, one vote in single member constituencies.

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EX-chamber boss berates ‘dependency’ problem

EX-chamber boss berates ‘dependency’ problem

| 04/05/2015 | 31 Comments

(CNS): The former president of the Chamber of Commerce berated the dependency problem of successive governments looking to “pie in the sky” proposed developments for an economic miracle. Johann Moxam warned the Electoral Boundary Commission not to use “proposed plans for proposed developments” to guess where voter growth might be when they do their work. 

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Cayman will ‘rue day’ of SMCs, says Mac

Cayman will ‘rue day’ of SMCs, says Mac

| 29/04/2015 | 15 Comments

(CNS): The opposition leader showed no signs of accepting the government’s move to introduce single member constituencies (SMCs) and one man, one vote (OMOV) during the Electoral Boundary Commission’s West Bay meeting Tuesday. The commissioners were in the district to listen to public views on where and how the boundaries for the new political landscape […]

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Boundary meetings face low turnout

Boundary meetings face low turnout

| 28/04/2015 | 19 Comments

(CNS): There were less than 40 people at the Electoral Boundary Commission’s public meeting in George Town Monday night, when the panel tasked with drawing up the recommended boundary lines for the country’s new political landscape arrived in the capital. With just a handful of voters turning up to the Sister Islands meetings and just […]

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Boundary commission goes on the road

Boundary commission goes on the road

| 13/04/2015 | 8 Comments

(CNS): The recently formed Electoral Boundary Commission, which will make recommendations for the changes to the country’s political landscape to accommodate the anticipated shift from multi-member-multi-voting to single member constituencies and one vote, is going on the road this month.  The commission will begin a series of public meetings next week in Cayman Brac and […]

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Boundary commission to meet with public in April

Boundary commission to meet with public in April

| 03/03/2015 | 10 Comments

(CNS): The three people appointed to examine Cayman’s political landscape with a view to creating single member constituencies (SMCs) in preparation for the promised switch to one man, one vote for the 2017 election will not meet with the public until April. Commission Chair Lisa Handley, along with local attorneys Adrianne Webb and Steve McField, […]

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American to chair boundary commission

American to chair boundary commission

| 15/01/2015 | 3 Comments

(CNS): An international election expert from the US will be chairing the new Electoral Boundary Commission (EBC) that will make the recommendations for the division of the Cayman Islands into single member electoral districts and pave the way for the long-awaited introduction of ‘one man, one vote’. Consultant Lisa Handley, PhD, was appointed by the […]

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