Training for SMS by-election to begin on Tuesday, Hughes says, and he reminds voters to ensure their names are on the list

Refresher training for By-Election Day workers in St. Mary’s South
will begin on Tuesday, October 10, according to Supervisor of
Elections Ian Hughes, and will be held at the Urlings Primary School
for about one week.
 
Since there are eight polling stations in that constituency, with eight
presiding officers, he says that about 30 persons will be involved in
the training.
 
Each station will have a complement of two polling clerks and
information clerks. The latter are the staff stationed outside the
polling station to direct and guide voters who might show up at the
incorrect polling district.

There is also a returning officer, who will be responsible for the
count at the close of voting and who manages the respective polling
districts.
 
As well as those who are directly involved in the electoral process,
Hughes says the agents of the respective political parties – and
police personnel – would bring the number of by-election workers
close to 100.

Meanwhile Hughes is encouraging electors – especially those in St.
Mary’s South – to check that their names appear on the Register for
Elections.
 
The Register is published four times a year – at the end of April,
June, October and December – and Hughes says this provides
enough opportunity for persons to verify whether their names are,
indeed, on the list.
 
There are constituencies with several polling districts and,
sometimes, persons are unsure in which one their name should
appear. Accordingly, Hughes advises that they contact the Electoral
Commission for information on where their names can be found.
 
After the Register for Elections has been printed and a person does
not find his name on the list, Hughes reminds the public that there is
a remedy, according to law, once a claim is made.

Once it is proven that the fault lies with the Commission – whether a
computer glitch or otherwise – the law allows the Supervisor to
insert that name onto the register, with the relevant stakeholders,
including the political parties, being notified.