| PNP Says Voting Difficult For Toledo East Constituents, E&B Responds |
| Fri, March 7, 2025 |
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| On Tuesday, the People's National Party, headed by Will Maheia, issued a press release in which they made reference to correspondence sent to the Elections and Boundaries Department on February 28th. The letter requested that there be a change in some polling stations, specifically that Santana voters be able to cast their ballot at Barranco, Boom Creek voters be able to go to Punta Gorda Town, and that Dolores voters be provided their own polling station. In the first two cases, the villagers would be closer to their polling stations, and in the latter case, Dolores villagers go to Otoxa even though they have a larger voting population.
The PNP says they've been met with silence and that it's, quote, "not just disappointing, it is unacceptable."
Yesterday the media asked the Chief Elections Officer about it.
Josephine Tamai, Chief Elections Officer
"Well, we had considered it and I've seen the letter that he has submitted. And I will tell you, I remember him saying about one of the polling stations in Otoxha. And if you look at the list that we have published, we no longer have a polling station. And so from time to time, we make changes. One of the things we also have to realize that when it comes to election, you have different polling areas and I know his concern is persons moving or it's closer in certain villages. But we also have to look at the polling area that those place falls under, because we must have those persons vote within the polling area. Right. So there are challenges there. And so, things like those, the redistricting exercise is something that will address those things. But for now, we have to ensure that, we stick to the different polling areas and have persons who within there."
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