The Supervisor of Elections, Dudley Lewis has moved to provide an in depth experience in voter registration information.
Voter Registration in the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) is a continuous process and current eligible voters or TCI Islanders who will become of voting age (18 years) before the production of the next Electors Register have the opportunity to register.
“The Register of Electors is generally up-dated on a regular basis to include those who have achieved voting age, who have gained TCI Status, who otherwise have become newly eligible (e.g. been released from prison) or who move from one electoral district to another,” stated Mr. Lewis
“The Register is also required to exclude formally eligible voters who have died or ceased to meet residential requirements or voter eligibility or persons serving a term of imprisonment for twelve months (12) or more or who has been certified to be insane or who has otherwise been judged to be of unsound mind.”
“The Electors List is produced and published 31st January in every year and the Register of Electors produced and published 31st March in each year.”
The qualifying date for persons to register as electors is November 30th in each year.
General Elections in the Turks and Caicos Islands is scheduled for 2016 and persons who want to exercise their democratic right to vote in this up-coming general election MUST apply to regulate their status with the Ministry of Border Control and register with the elections department by November 30, 2015 to have their names added to the 2016/17 Electors Register that will be used to conduct general elections.
Eligible voters on the present Register of Electors do not need to re-apply to be included in the 2016/17 Register. They will be automatically included unless they notify the elections office that they have change their name or place of residence, or no longer meet the eligibility criteria.
Persons who do not register before the qualifying date November 30th 2015 will NOT be permitted to vote in the 2016 General Elections.
