Supervisor of Elections Mr. Lister Dudley Lewis has advised that voter registration is a continuous process and the current Electors Register is being updated and a new register is to be published on March 31, 2016.
Individuals who are not on the current register but wish to be included in the new Register of Electors have until November 30, 2015 to contact the Elections Office with the relevant documentation.
Registration for the election’s register is an ongoing process however, under the Elections ordinance; an updated register is due on March 31.
Mr. Lewis encourage new persons to apply to be included on the Register especially those who have turned 18 years old since 1st March 2015, also those persons who are over 18 and did not apply to join the register earlier in 2015.
Persons after November 30 who attain the age of 18 and anyone who has been granted status as a Turks and Caicos Islander after November 30 who apply will be added to the register provided it is not less than 30 days before the date of the poll.
He noted “Eligible voters on the present Register of Electors do not need to re-apply to be included in the new one, they will be automatically included unless they notify the Elections Office that they
have changed their name or place of residence, or no longer meet eligibility criteria. This includes being resident in the TCI for at least 12 out of 24 months”.
During this process individuals do not have to wait for the approval of status cards by Ministry of Border Control to submit voter registration applications. The Supervisor encourage persons to complete and submit applications in conjunction with status cars applications.
Potential new electors should complete a voter registration application form. Those who have already obtained the status Card, but did not submit an application form are being encouraged to prepare and submit it before the deadline November 30th.
Application forms for inclusion on the TCI Register of Electors may be collected from the Elections Office in Grand Turk (Waterloo Plaza, above Scotia Bank) or Providenciales Butterfield Square) or the District Commissioner’s Officers in Salt Cay, South Caicos and Middle and North Caicos.
