The importance of voting
On the eve of the general election, opinion polls and individual views vie for public attention. Amid the mix of pros and cons, an unusual course is voiced on the page opposite, as a cleric, the Rev. Renaldo McKenzie, declaring dissatisfaction with the political system, says he will not vote.
Elections of yesterday
I do not remember anything which occurred on Election Day in 1944. What I do know now is that it was the first time that every Jamaican over the age of 21 was entitled to vote for his or her political representatives. My mother could, therefore, vote. - Hartley Neita
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