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1. The United Workers Party \u2013 Team Dominica calls upon the Electoral Commission to immediately withdraw, reverse or revoke SRO 39 in favour of reinstating the provisions contained in SRO 27 of 2025, authorizing the use of a birth certificate along with a photo ID, for use in the confirmation of electors\u2019 process.<\/p>\n
2. We make this urgent call to the Commission, given the thousands of potential voters in Dominica who either do not have the IDs required under SRO 39 or will have difficulty obtaining those IDs. The Commission\u2019s lapse of judgment and good sense in this matter risks the disenfranchisement of those voters who may have their names removed from the voters list.<\/p>\n
3. We also wish to draw to the attention of the Commission the severe hardship imposed on people wishing to confirm where there are no confirmation centres in their village. This is true for villages like Morne Prosper, San Sauveur and Warner. In addition, constituencies like the Roseau North Constituency, the largest in Dominica, has only two centres,
\nwhich means that entire communities will have to go out of their way and at some cost, in order to apply for confirmation.<\/p>\n
4. It is evident that the confirmation process is an onerous one for many voters and every effort must be made by the Commission to resolve this issue at the earliest possible time. To remedy this situation, we are requesting that enrollment officers are allowed to rotate throughout the constituencies on different days over the period of confirmation so that they can accommodate those who wish to confirm at minimum cost to them.<\/p>\n
5. Finally, we call upon the Electoral Commission to immediately restart registration of new voters consistent with Article 17 (1) of the Registration of Electors Act 2025, which calls for continuous registration of new voters.<\/p>\n
6. We are of the view that failure by the Commission to address these urgent concerns will prove damaging to the election process here in Dominica as it has the potential to prevent thousands of Dominicans who are eligible to vote from doing so.<\/p>\n
7. It is important that the Electoral Commission acts now and with haste to preserve our democratic tradition and ensure that future elections are not adversely impacted, on account of their failure to act.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 1. The United Workers Party \u2013 Team Dominica calls upon the Electoral Commission to immediately withdraw, reverse or revoke SRO 39 in favour of reinstating the provisions contained in SRO 27 of 2025, authorizing the use of a birth…","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":352436,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[325,235,9,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-352434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-electoral-reform","category-homepage-carousel","category-news","category-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n