Big money and politics
IN A matter of days the general election will be over and the country will have a new Parliament. In theory that Parliament will be an assembly of 60 men and women, who have been given the privilege and responsibility...
Reforming the electoral system
The following is an excerpt of a report by the Electoral Advisory Committee (EAC) tabled in Parliament earlier this year. The report deals with proposals for electoral reform.
A glossary of electoral terms
Assistant Returning Officer - an individual similarly appointed as the Returning Officer with responsibility to assist the Returning Officer in the assigned constituency. Candidate - any person who is nominated for election.
Security forces go to the polls on Friday
MEMBERS OF the security forces - the police and the military - usually vote a few days ahead of Election Day so as to be available for their peace-keeping duties when members of the civil society go to the polls.
About the Electoral Office of Jamaica
THE ELECTORAL Office of Jamaica (EOJ), a public agency of the Government of Jamaica, was established in 1944 to administer Parliamentary and Local Government Elections. The primary objective of the Electoral Office is "to so conduct National Elections...
All eyes on Central Manchester
AS THE campaigning intensifies in Manchester, all candidates are professing that they are assured of victory in the October 16 general election. However, of the parish's four constituencies, it is the central constituency...
No one has to die
NO ONE has to die because an election has been called. No one has to be injured by bullets, knives, stones or any other weapons because an election campaign is in progress. No one has to have gunmen and political thugs at their gate...
Eight seats too close to call, says pollster
POLLSTER DON ANDERSON said that there are eight battleground constituencies that cannot be called for either of the major political parties at this time. He indicated this following his analysis of a poll...
The role and function of Returning Officers
THE ELECTORAL Office of Jamaica is served by 60 constituency offices, each under the direction of a Returning Officer. The Returning Officer is an individual appointed by the EAC to supervise all the Electoral matters at the constituency level.
1,191 trained as parish special constables
WESTMORELAND: THE WESTMORELAND Police Division said it has trained 1,191 parish special constables for duties on election day, October 16.
GLEANER EDITORS' FORUM - 'We would restore power to the people' - NJA
The two top leaders of the New Jamaica Alliance (NJA), which is fielding 31 candidates in the October 16 General Election...
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