Petrina Francis, Staff Reporter
THE ELECTORAL Office of Jamaica (EOJ) is advising voters who did not meet the March 31 deadline for reverification that a special session will be held next month to get them on the May voters' list.
Danville Walker, director of elections, told The Gleaner yesterday that the special hearing will be held in each constituency between May 8 and 10.
"The goal is to try and get everyone on the (voters') list who properly belongs to that constituency," he said.
Last week, there was a rush at electoral offices across the island as prospective voters tried to meet the March 31 deadline. Throughout the week, The Gleaner visited or contacted the EOJ's constituency offices across the island. In every case the returning officers reported that the offices were crowded with people seeking to get themselves enumerated.
URGING VOTERS TO VISIT OFFICES
Mr. Walker said there were 1.4 million people on the current voters' list but yesterday could not say how many were reverified by last Friday.
The director of elections is urging persons who want to be on the May voters' list to visit their constituency office during the period and take along proper identification and proof of address.
Meanwhile, Mr. Walker said the EOJ was in the process of scheduling visits for people who it could not locate during the reverification exercise, but who called the office and let them know where they are now living.
He said this process would be completed by the end of this month.
Registration of voters will continue at offices across the island, but those voters will be on the November list.
