The electoral authority of El Salvador commenced manual ballot counting for the presidential and legislative assembly elections after disclosing system malfunctions in vote transmission. Despite the certainty of President Nayib Bukele's triumph, supported by 83% of the majority vote tallied, attention is currently directed towards the
Release - The Commonwealth Secretariat has organised a workshop in Trinidad and Tobago this week for Caribbean and Americas election administrators to examine issues impacting electoral integrity, transparency and inclusiveness, with the aim of enhancing confidence in the democratic process. Held in Port-of-Spain from 19 to
In an official release, His Excellency the Governor John J. Rankin CMG has signed a proclamation to pave the way for the 2023 General Elections. Rankin made the announcement last evening after receiving the date from Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley. In accordance with section 86 of the
Former President of South Africa Thabo Mbeki will lead a Commonwealth election observation team to Nigeria, which will hold Africa's largest democratic exercise on February 25. Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission invited Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland KC to form the Commonwealth Observer Group. In January 2023, 176,846
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has responded to the invitation extended by the Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica to mount a CARICOM Election Observation Mission (CEOM) to observe the General Elections scheduled for 6 December 2022. The seven-member Mission is headed by Ms Fern Narcis-Scope, Chief
Barbados Electoral Department (ED) advises that registration for and collection of the Trident ID card at all centres will be suspended from Saturday, December 10 to Saturday, December 31, 2022. Persons who have received a call informing them that their card is ready for collection should
DPI - The Guyana Elections Commission has commenced the distribution of National Identification Cards at all its Registration Offices countrywide from Monday, 28th November 2022. Persons who completed registration transactions during the Cycle of Continuous Registration held during the period March 2022 – May 2022 and the Claims
In a release by the Dominica Electoral Office, forty-five (45) candidates will contest in the December 6 general elections — nineteen (19) of whom are independent. The independent candidates were nominated in the following constituencies were: Castle Bruce – Kelvin Cadette Grand Bay – Henry Shillingford Mahaut – Dunstan
The Dominica Labour Party (DLP) campaign rallies are in full swing for the 2022 general elections. After the introduction of the Northern team, presentations for other DLP new candidates are held in their respective constituencies — all expressing their “readiness” to serve. Candidate for the Petite Savanne
The Dominica Labour Party (DLP) started their campaign rallies for the December 6th general election by introducing their Northern team. Incumbent Parliamentary Representative for Wesley Fidel Grant spoke first during the rally. He vowed to continue to fulfil his mission to champion the agricultural sector. “While larger
