Only reverified voters can vote
published: Sunday | February 5, 2006

The Editor, Sir:

I am responding to Carol Manley-Lawton's letter published in The Gleaner on Friday, February 3. The writer's voter ID card does in fact expire in 2007, but its expiration would not stop one from voting in an election. What will stop you from voting in an election is if your name is removed from the voters' list. If someone is now resident overseas, as said in the letter, and no longer living in the constituency originally registered in and, therefore, as a consequent of that, not reverified during the previous residence reverification exercise, then that name will not be included in the voters' list that will be published on May 31. Whenever you return to live in Jamaica, you may visit the registration centre in your constituency and register to vote once again.

I am, etc.,

DANVILLE WALKER

Director of Elections

Electoral Office of Jamaica

43 Duke Street

Kingston