Erica Virtue, Staff ReporterThe Electoral Advisory Committee (EAC) will be appealing to candidates to uphold the security and validity of the electoral system, especially in constituencies with a history of close to 100 per cent voting patterns and some with over voting records.
The three main constituencies are Kingston Western, which is held by Opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) leader, Edward Seaga; St. Andrew South, which is held by the People's National Party (PNP) Finance Minister, Dr. Omar Davies, and St. Andrew South Western which is held by PNP's vice-president, Portia Simpson Miller.
In addition, the EAC will be putting in measures, to ensure that the security system in place for the day, will also reflect the will of the people.
"What we are trying to establish is one single system that will apply to everybody without exception. But don't ask me to tell you exactly what we will do, because there are those out there who want to hear exactly what is the plan...," EAC chairman Profes-sor Errol Miller said in an interview.
According to him, the Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) and the EAC, have examined the statistics from areas where overvoting occurs regularly.
The EAC chairman said that body has been having discussions with candidates to make sure that individuals are allowed to vote for the candidates of their choice.
"We have been talking to people, privately, getting their assurances and to get one system that will apply to everybody. Not two systems. Not a system for one set of Jamaicans and one for another set. But one system, with justice for all," he said.
The results of these deliberations, according to him is to make sure that, "One man equals one vote, and same man equals same vote."
