St Helena : Update on the Registration of Electors
Submitted by Saint Helena Herald (Juanita Brock) 30.01.2007 (Article Archived on 13.02.2007)
You are reminded that the registration period for the 2007 Register of Electors commenced on 17 January. As previously announced, the exercise to update the Register offers the opportunity for people who were not included on last year’s Register to ensure their names are included in the 2007 Register.
PRESS RELEASE
REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS
You are reminded that the registration period for the 2007 Register of Electors commenced on 17 January. As previously announced, the exercise to update the Register offers the opportunity for people who were not included on last year’s Register to ensure their names are included in the 2007 Register.
Those who are listed in the 2006 Register need not register again, unless their circumstances have changed. For example, if you have changed your name or address since the 2006 Register was prepared, you should take this opportunity to have your new details included in this year’s register to ensure it is accurate as possible. You may have had your eighteenth birthday since the 2006 Register was compiled, so you can take this opportunity to be included in the 2007 Register to enable you to vote in the event of a By-Election or General Election.
As with last year’s Register, the 2007 Register will incorporate a new feature whereby you can have your name listed to allow you to vote in a different Polling District from the one you live in, as long as it is within the same Electoral Area. For example, if you live in the Blue Hill Polling District, which is in the West Electoral Area but it would be more convenient for you to vote in the St. Paul’s Polling District, which is also in the West Electoral Area, then you will be able to do so, provided that you indicate this when completing a Registration Form. However, you will not be able to vote in a Polling District within the East Electoral Area if you live in the West Electoral Area, or vice versa.
Public Notices - printed in red – have been posted around the island setting out all the information you need for you to become a registered voter. These notices also let you know where and from whom you are able to obtain Registration forms.
Please note that delivery of forms will not be done on a door-to-door basis. If you require a form, then you can contact the Registration Officer, or the Assistant Registration Officer at the Office of the Chief Secretary on telno 2470 and a form will be sent to you.
Remember, you have until 14 February to ensure your name is listed in the 2007 Register of Electors.
The Castle
St Helena
30 January 2007
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