Today in Belmopan, we spoke to the Chief Elections Officer:

Josephine Tamai, Chief Elections Officer
"Well, we have put out some ads. And if you notice, we tailor the answers there because many people are saying that in Belize we vote by colors, which, it's true. But again, every single ballot paper, and not only this time around, the format of the ballot paper is, in the representation of the people act and so we must abide by that. So every candidate has a number on the ballots, right. And the numbers are assigned alphabetically based on the surname of the candidates. And so that is how the names appear in a ballot paper. And that is required by law. So we can't decide who goes first, who goes second. Right. That's set in law. And so, I want to encourage voters, you could look for a number, you can look for the name. And you could also look for the color. When we have village council elections, village council elections is by a name and number. So over 50% of the population who vote in a village council election are used to name and numbers. They're just not used to doing it when it comes to a general election. But in order not to create confusion, I just want the last persons to pay attention to the ballot paper. You could look for a number for your candidates. You could look for their name. You could also look for the color and put one x in one box beside the name of the candidate that you want to vote for."