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The business of boundaries Sean McWeeney, QC, who chaired the last Constitutional Review Commission, which proposed merging the functions of elections management and boundaries review into a single independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission.
We are at that point in the term once again when the state of our electoral system comes fully into focus, the urgent need for reforms to modernize the preparations for and staging of our general election is underscored, and our political leaders seem less focused on governing and more concerned with getting re-elected.
Just over a year after Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis declared that there will be no changes to the boundaries ahead of the next election, the constitutionally-mandated Constituencies Commission is preparing its final report now that it has the latest numbers on registered voters.
Govt can’t circumvent law for displaced Dorian voters, Dames says Marvin Dames.
While Minister of National Security Marvin Dames said yesterday that the government will “abide by the law” as it relates to voters displaced by Abaco and Grand Bahama, he gave no indication that changes to the law are being considered to accommodate those affected.
“The law is pretty clear on that and we can’t circumvent the law,” he said told reporters outside Cabinet.
“…The law is really clear on persons who would have been out of their jurisdiction for I believe it’s six months and how they ought to be treated.
Approx. 200,000 voters expected to register for next general election
NASSAU, BAHAMAS More than 5,200 new eligible voters have registered for the next general election, according to the Parliamentary Registration Department.
As of yesterday, there were 186,763 registered voters, the vast majority of which account for those who registered for the May 10, 2017 general election.
In December, Parliament passed legislation to make the voters’ register continuous, paving the way for the 2017 voters’ register to become the current register.
A total of 181,543 voters registered for the 2017 General Election, according to the department.
Of that figure, 28,245 registered on the Family Islands; 29,515 on Grand Bahama; and 123,783 on New Providence.
Ms M. Nicole Campbell as the country’s new Secretary to the Cabinet
NASSAU| Bahamas Press – your number one news online network -now has confirmation to some of those changes we told you about within the public service more than two weeks ago.
The Cabinet Office released on Friday the appointment of Ms M. Nicole Campbell as the country’s new Secretary to the Cabinet effective January 1st, 2021. The Government was afraid to report the news as it first circulated on BP days before the New Year.
The news comes following the retirement of retired Secretary to the Cabinet Ms Camille Johnson.