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Brief Profiles of Countries, EMBs and Partner Organisations of A-WEB
February 10, 2020. At this time, and based
on the Constitution, the term of the electoral
Commission came to an end.
To date a new commission has not yet been
appointed.)
4. Nature of EMB
Independent
5. No. of Members in EMB
5 The Registering Officer or Assistant Registering
6. Terms of office
5 years
7. EMB Members selected by
President
8. Chairperson’s Appointing Authority
President
9. Names of Elections conducted by EMB
General elections
10. Names of the Other Bodies Related with the
Electoral Process in the country
No
11. Titles of Electoral Legislation(s)
LAWS OF DOMINICA
HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY (ELECTIONS) ACT
CHAPTER 2:01
(B) ELECTORAL PROCESS
1. Total Population as on
0.07 Million (Feb. 2019)
2. Registered Electors as on
3. Method of voter registration
Registration is required in order to vote at Council
Elections or at Elections of Representatives of
the House of Assembly (General Elections). The
following are the requirements for registration:
4. Ensure that you are qualified to be registered
Go to the Registering Officer or the Assistant
Registering Officer in your Polling District with:
A birth certificate, passport or other form of
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pictorial identification which shows your date of
birth; and
A witness (mother, father, brother, sister, friend,
neighbor) who is already registered as an elector
in the same Polling District for which you are
applying for register.
Complete a Notice of Claim form. The form must
be signed by you and your witness.
Officer will give you an original Certificate of
Application for Registration as proof that you have
applied for registration.
To verify that your name has been included on the
voters’ list, go the Registering Officer or Assistant
Registering Officer in your Polling District or check
the list posted in your community.
5. Voter turnout in last National Elections: Total,
Percentage
55.35%
6. Voting Method
Manual marking of Ballots
7. Audit Trail
Not implemented
8. Voting Process
The Elector enters the Polling Station and declares
his/her name name, address and occupation. The
Poll Clerk then checks the Official Elector’s List
to ascertain the Elector’s name appears thereon.
When it is determined that the Elector is qualified
to vote at that Polling Station, the Poll Clerk
enters the Elector’s name etc. in the Poll Book.
The Presiding Officer inspects the appropriate
digit of the Elector; where there appears to be the
presence of indelible “ink”, the Presiding Officer
will question that Elector, and if the Elector fails
to answer, he/she will not be given a ballot paper.
On receiving a ballot, the Elector will be instructed
on how to mark the ballot paper, then asked to dip
the appropriate digit in indelible ink.The Elector
goes into the Polling Booth/Room and uses the
black lead pencil provided and places a cross
(X) within the space containing the name of the
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