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Why Albert Said Yes
posted (May 15, 2019)
Today's donation can be seen as Taegar-Panton consolidating her political standing after the Albert division came out decisively in favor of a yes. With 81% voter turnout, 71% of those voters said "Yes" to the ICJ. That is the position that Panton campaigned for - and she said that throughout her information campaign - she felt strong support fro a "yes" in the Albert:...

Hon. Tracy Taegar Panton, Albert Area Rep.
"I think that the committee and the team and myself along with the referendum unit had organize a number of educational forums for the people in the constituency and at all these forums there was a quite a bit of engagements by the residents, they were very well attended, we had robust debates at these forums and I believe that the people were sufficiently engage in this very important issue."

Reporter
"Is the great success of the YES vote in the Albert Division indicative of a very successful re-registration process for you?"

Hon. Tracy Taegar Panton
"We work hard at the re-registration process. That's a given, but I think that the turn out at the polls was truly a reflection of how important an issue this was for the residents of Albert Constituency."

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