Press Release : Polling Stations Announced
The Supervisor of Elections, Dudley Lewis, has announced the allocation of voters to polling stations for the forthcoming General Election on 9 November, today, Thu, 25 Oct 2012.
The Elections Ordinance requires him to allocate each elector to the appropriate designated polling station within their electoral district in any case where there is more than one polling station in that district.
This is done by the Supervisor providing a list to the presiding officer that details the persons who are to vote at that polling station by reference to the order of their family names.
The official list of voters to be provided to each polling station is specified in the Ordinance and it contains only the details of those persons who are allocated to vote at that station.
To be able to vote at the polling station, your details must appear on the official list for that station. This means that you have to vote at the polling station to which you have been allocated within your electoral district.
If you try to vote at another polling station in the electoral district to which you have not been allocated and where your details do not appear on the official list, you will not be allowed to vote and will be referred to the polling station to which you have been allocated.
If you wish to check which polling station you should attend, you can do so by contacting the Elections Officer at Tel: 946-2801, ext 11705 or ext 11703 or by checking the register of electors for your electoral district which has been deposited for inspection at the various places used for such purposes in each electoral district.
ENDS
Notes to editors:
1. It is an offence under section 40 of the Elections Ordinance to vote in more than one electoral district or at more than one polling station in the same district or more than once in the same district on polling day.
Polling Stations for Elections 2012
ELECTIONS OFFICE
WATERLOO PLAZA
WATERLOO ROAD, GRAND TURK
TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS
TELEPHONE NO: (649) 946-2568 OR 946-2558
FAX NO: (649) 946-2427
To: Sgt Henderson Williams
Police Headquarters
Headley Durham Building
Fr: Dudley Lewis
Supervisor of Elections
Date: October 18, 2012
Re: Polling Station – Venues
With reference to the above captioned subject, below is a list of the polling Station venues per electoral district for your perusal.
- Ona Glinton Primary ED 1 Grand Turk, North
- Eliza Simmons Primary ED 2 Grand Turk, South
- Mary Robinson Primary ED 2A, Salt Cay
- New Community Center ED 3 South Caicos
- New Community Center ED 4 A Conch Bar
- New Community Center ED 4 B Bambarra
- New Community Center ED 4 C Lorrimers
- New Community Center ED 4 D Sandy Point
- New Community Center ED 4 F Whitby
- New Community Center ED 4 G Kew
- Bottle Creek Library ED 4 H Bottle Creek
- Hope Missionary Baptist ED5 Leeward, Providenciales
Church Academy
- Ianthe Pratt Primary ED 6 The Bight, Providenciales
- Richmond Hill Preparatory ED 7 Richmond Hills & Cheshire Hall
- Osetta Jolly Primary ED 8 Blue Hills, Providenciales
- Five Cays Primary ED 9 Five Cays, Providenicales
- Bethany Baptist Church ED 10 Wheeland
Regards,
Dudley Lewis C.P.M
Supervisor of Elections
LIST OF NOMINATED CANDIDATES FOR GENERAL ELECTIONS 2012
LIST OF NOMINATED CANDIDATES FOR GENERAL ELECTIONS 2012
GRAND TURK NORTH –ELECTORAL DISTRICT 1
1. George Alexander Lightbourne PNP
2. Derek Rolle PDM
GRAND TURK SOUTH – ELECTORAL DISTRICT 2
1. Edwin Astwood PDM
2. Rex Elton Swann PNP
SOUTH CAICOS – ELECTORAL DISTRICT 3
1. Edith Andrea Cox PDM
2. Norman Benjamin Saunders PNP
NORTH & MIDDLE CAICOS – ELECTORAL DISTRICT 4
1. Ashwood Leon Forbes PDM
2. Ricardo Don Hue Gardiner PNP
LEEWARD – ELECTORAL DISTRICT 5
1. Akierra Missick PNP
2. Ezra Ringo Taylor PDM
3. Bennette Williams IND
THE BIGHT – ELECTORAL DISTRICT 6
1. Dorell Monique Pratt/Delancy PPP
2. Sonny Alexander Forbes PDM
3. Porsha Monique Stubbs/Smith PNP
CHESHIRE HALL & RICHMOND HILL-ELECTORAL DISTRICT 7
1. Amanda A. Missick PNP
2. Isaac Oral Selver PDM
3. Edward E. Smith PPP
BLUE HILLS – ELECTORAL DISTRICT 8
1. Goldray McMillin Ewing PDM
2. Adrian Carlyle Williams PNP
3. Wendal D. Wilson PPP
FIVE CAYS – ELECTORAL DISTRICT 9
1. Sean Rickard Astwood PDM
2. Harold Charles PPP
3. Thomas “Clay” Ewing PNP
WHEELAND – ELECTORAL DISTRICT 10
1. Zhavargo J. Jolly PPP
2. Gregory O’Neal Lightbourne PNP
3. Vaden Delroy Williams PDM
ALL ISLAND CANDIDATES
1. Josephine Olivia Connolly PDM
2. Refus Washington Ewing PNP
3. Wayne Newton Garland PNP
4. Samuel Iotis Harvey PDM
5. Charles Washington Misick PNP
6. Royal Stevenson Robinson PNP
7. Sharlene Linett Cartwright-Robinson PDM
8. Carlos W. Simons PNP
9. Oswald McDonald Simons IND
10. Oswald Skippings PDM
11. Derek H. Taylor PDM
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If Swift’s “Red” hits the million mark by Sunday, the country-pop princess will become the first artist in a decade, and first ever female, to achieve the same success. Her last studio album, “Speak Now,” sold more than a million units during its debut week in November 2010.
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Agriculture minister Roger Clarke says that a preliminary assessment is indicating that some areas, particularly banana and farm roads, suffered considerable damage.
“The estimates coming out of 11 parishes indicate that we have suffered some $700 million worth of damage and that does not include St Thomas, Portland and parts of St. Catherine. Those areas were hit hard,” the minister said.
A team from the ministry, accompanied by representatives from the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), will be in the field to carry out further assessments, he added.
According to Clarke, the ministry is working with the Development Bank of Jamaica to assist with resuscitation of the banana sector.
“I want to assure the farmers that the ministry will try to do what it can to help them back on their feet. We want to assist with seeds, planting material, fertiliser and chemicals. Whatever we can do, we are going to be there with them to get them back on their feet,” said Clarke.
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Saturday's violence came after two people died in clashes on Thursday. More than 70 people have been arrested.
Police are carrying out a council directive to move the market from its current site due to hygiene concerns.
But vendors do not want to move to a newly constructed market which they say is too small and its rates too high.
The existing market is known as a place to buy stolen goods and contraband, say correspondents.
The two people killed on Saturday were said to be civilians. Another 27 people were reported injured.
Lima's Mayor Susana Villaran, who wants to move the market to a modern site a short distance away, has accused stall-owners of hiring criminals to throw rocks and clubs at riot police.
Police responded by firing tear gas and pistols, as well as using batons.
"All the real merchants who don't rely on criminals have said they want to move to the new market," Mrs Villaran, who hopes to be re-elected in polls before the end of the year, told RPP radio.
"We are regaining order and security in an area that has only been one of disorder, chaos, insecurity and filth."
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Hurricane Sandy is swirling towards the US, forcing presidential candidates to adjust schedules and cancel events.
President Barack Obama has held a conference call with emergency chiefs to discuss preparations for the storm, which could hit as early as Monday.
Its sustained winds of 75mph (120km/h) are set to intensify as it merges with a wintry storm from the western US.
Swing states like Florida and Ohio lie in its path, meaning how it is handled could impact on voting, analysts say.
At 20:00 EDT (00:00 GMT on Sunday), the eye of the storm was about 330 miles south of Cape Hatteras in North Carolina, according to the National Hurricane Center.
There are concerns that severe winter conditions, strong winds and storm surges could affect election campaigning and might even hamper polling day on 6 November.
Craig Fugate, director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, said: "This is not a coastal threat alone. This is a very large area."
Up to 60 million Americans could be affected.
Sandy has already killed 60 people in the Caribbean as it swirled north during the past week.
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Senator Ann Peters, the Minister of Health, has said that “significant work” has been completed in setting up a national health insurance program for Grenada.
The work has included the submission of a report by consultant Professor Karl Theodore of the University of the West Indies.
“By next year, we should have a national health insurance program on the ground in Grenada,” Peters said.
“Not too long from now,” she added, “I think government can make a formal statement on when it’s going to roll out (the program) and what it is going to require of us as a people.”
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At a public rally in June, Finance Minister Nazim Burke said that more than $688 million had been raised to undertake economic and social projects to improve the situation in the country.
He said government does not intend to hand over the money to opposition leader, Dr Keith Mitchell, to spend with his New National Party (NNP).
The NNP was in power for 13 consecutive years until it was defeated in the 2008 general elections by the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
The NDC won 11 of 15 seats. However, four of the elected MPs have since resigned from government, and a fifth was fired in January by Prime Minister Tillman Thomas.
All five former ministers were expelled from the NDC at its November 30 annual convention.
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Sharapova served two double-faults but finally broke Azarenka's resistance after nine deuces to take a 5-1 lead.
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