DON’T BE FOOLED: Voters’ cards with white-out not from Parliamentary Registration Dept, says minister

Dames assures voter registration dept’s security protocols thwart fraud attempts “It is time for a change? Absolutely, and this government [is] moving toward automation” NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The Parliamentary Registration Department does not use white-out for any purpose, according to Minister of National Security Marvin Dames, who said the presence of the correcting fluid on […]

REGISTRATION RUSH: Scores of voters flock to NP centers in dash to register for election

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Droves of eligible voters rushed to registration sites across New Providence yesterday amid heightened suggestions of an early election. Both the prime minister and leader of the opposition have called for Bahamians to register in the shortest possible time. There were long lines of a mixture of first-time voters and those seeking […]

MIGRATION PHENOMENON: Speaker says registered voters decreased in four Family Island constituencies

Fewer registered voters on Cat Island, Rum Cay and San Sal; Ragged Island; Long Island; and MICAL NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Constituencies Commission Chairman and Speaker of the House of Assembly Halson Moultrie said the commission has observed a “strange phenomenon” since reviewing the latest data on the voter’s register: a decrease in registered voters of […]