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Voter registration ongoing- Office of Elections Supervisor

The Office of the Supervisor of Elections is informing the public that continuous Voter Registration is ongoing, and persons who are eligible to vote are encouraged to register. Photo: VINO/File
Supervisor of Elections, Ms Scherrie N. Griffin. Registration and Transfer forms are available at the Office of the Supervisor of Elections, Road Town Post Office, the District Offices on Anegada and Virgin Gorda and the Government Office on Jost van Dyke. Photo: GIS/File
Supervisor of Elections, Ms Scherrie N. Griffin. Registration and Transfer forms are available at the Office of the Supervisor of Elections, Road Town Post Office, the District Offices on Anegada and Virgin Gorda and the Government Office on Jost van Dyke. Photo: GIS/File
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Office of the Supervisor of Elections is informing the public that continuous Voter Registration is ongoing, and persons who are eligible to vote are encouraged to register.

Individuals must be a Belonger as per section (2) of the Virgin Islands Order Constitution 2007, 18 years of age or older and domiciled in the Virgin Islands to be qualified to register.

Persons must also present documents including a Virgin Islands Passport with embossed seal or a Belonger’s Card or a Belonger’s Certificate. A Naturalisation Certificate can also be used, providing the certificate is dated before June 15, 2007, the Office of the Elections Supervisor stated in a press release on July 5, 2023.

Further, Section 17(1) of the Elections (Amendment) Act No. 14 of 2011 states that:

“A registered voter who is ordinarily resident in the Territory and who moves his place of residence from within one local electoral district or polling division to another, may have his name transferred to the list of voters for the local electoral district or polling division to which he has moved, if he applies on Form No. 9 and establishes, to the satisfaction of the Supervisor of Elections, proof of residence within the local electoral district or polling division to which he/she has moved’’.

Transfers

Persons who have moved their place of residence and wish to be transferred are encouraged to apply for a transfer. Documents to support a transfer can be in the form of Cable, Water, Electricity or Telephone bills, a rent receipt, lease agreement or a notarised document stating the new address.

Registration and Transfer forms are available at the Office of the Supervisor of Elections, Road Town Post Office, the District Offices on Anegada and Virgin Gorda and the Government Office on Jost van Dyke. Additionally, these forms are accessible online at bvi.gov.vg/departments/office-supervisor-elections under the services tab.

6 Responses to “Voter registration ongoing- Office of Elections Supervisor”

  • hello (07/07/2023, 08:48) Like (13) Dislike (7) Reply
    We need another election ASAP because we made a huge mistake by electing Delilah and the VIP.
    • @hello (07/07/2023, 10:18) Like (5) Dislike (2) Reply
      Speak for yourself
      Those back benchers are waste of time! Even couldnt form a Lil Government!
  • action (07/07/2023, 08:51) Like (4) Dislike (3) Reply
    Is the supervisor of elections expecting a possible early election. Is the one seat majority unattainable. Maybe some disquiet in the government. Or could the premier be afraid of a no confident motion. Maybe Rye tasted of the forbidden fruit and want his position back. Dr Dawson is more qualified in every where, every day of the week than the man from 9. More qualified if he wakes up at midnight than education lady, why is he a junior minister.
  • asura (07/07/2023, 09:23) Like (4) Dislike (6) Reply
    no election until 2027 so some of you can keep dreaming!
  • Calling for it! (07/07/2023, 09:28) Like (7) Dislike (4) Reply
    Calling for a snap election!! They must have found enough evidence to charge sowande and some of his cronies. Is that why he is always out of the country? SNAP! SNAP! Everybody, time to register. You all need to fix this MISTAKE you all made...some of us are not moved by envelopes.
  • question (07/07/2023, 12:00) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    REGARDING THE UPCOMING REFERENDUM ON S-SEX MARRIAGE, WHO CAN VOTE ON THIS? DO PERSONS HAVE TO BE REGISTERED VOTERS??? VINO PLEASE SHED SOME LIGHT ON THIS. THANKS.


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