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Brief Profiles of Countries, EMBs and Partner Organisations of A-WEB
3. Nature of EMB 5. Voter turnout in last National Elections: Total,
Independent Percentage
53.45%
4. No. of Members in EMB
3 6. Voting Method: Whether by e-voting/ EVM or
Paper Ballot
5. Terms of office Manual marking of Ballots
5 years
7. Audit Trail
6. EMB Members selected by Not implemented
Governor-General
8. Voting Process
7. Chairperson’s Appointing Authority Each voter (also called an elector) receives a form
Governor-General shortly before an election in their constituency
and this gives the location of their polling station.
8. Names of Elections conducted by EMB
General elections Each elector presents his/her identification card
to officials at the polling station, who checks
9. Names of the Other Bodies Related with the
Electoral Process in the country off the name of the voter against the electoral
Electoral Commission register and issue them with a ballot paper.
(B) ELECTORAL PROCESS Electors vote by putting a cross on the ballot form
against the name of the candidate they want to
1. Total Population as on represent them and then placing the ballot paper
0.18 Million (Feb. 2019) in a sealed box. (Any other mark or comment on
the paper renders it invalid.)
2. Registered Electors as on Male Female
0.16 Million (June 2016) When polling closes, the ballot boxes are collected
from each polling station in the constituency
3. Method of voter registration and taken to a central point. There the seals are
A person shall be qualified to be registered as checked before the boxes are opened and the
an elector in an Electoral District only if, on the votes for each candidate are counted.
qualifying date he
-is a person who is – When the counting finishes, the results of voting
in that constituency are announced by the
i. a citizen of Saint Lucia ; or returning officer, who declares the winner of the
ii. a Commonwealth citizen who has resided election.
continuously in St. Lucia for not Less than (C) ELECTION CALENDAR
seven years immediately preceding the
qualifying date; 1. Last Election Dates
has attained the age of 18 years; 6 June 2016
has resided continuously in that electoral district 2. Future Election Date
for a period of at least two months preceding the June 2021
qualifying date.
3. Compulsory Voting
4. Name of the Document viz Electoral Photo Voting is not compulsory
Identity Card
National Identification Card
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