Power 106 FM election news, Wednesday July 18
Written by JamaicaElections.com
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Political parties intensify campaigning with tours
A series of rallies by the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and the People’s National Party (PNP) began this afternoon.
The PNP moved its campaign into St. Thomas. After touring sections of Western St. Thomas Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller will deliver the main message at a rally in the Paul Bogle Square, Morant Bay this evening.
Tomorrow the PNP will hold a rally in Lionel Town, Clarendon. On Saturday it moves into Port Antonio, Portland and on Sunday the tour moves to Portmore, St. Catherine.
The JLP has scheduled a tour and meeting for St. Catherine on Saturday, which will culminate in a rally in Bog Walk. On Sunday it will tour sections of Clarendon and Manchester before a meeting in Spaldings. JLP Leader Bruce Golding will lead the tour.
‘Outsiders’ to work garrison constituencies on Election Day
The Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ), announced that Election Day workers in garrison communities would not know the polling stations they would be assigned to until the morning of the election.
The EOJ intends to bring people from outside constituencies to work in those communities for the August 27 polls.
Assistant Director at the EOJ, Earl Simpson revealed that five of the constituencies were located in the South Andrew South police division. They are Western St. Andrew, South Western St. Andrew, West Central St. Andrew and East Central and North Western St. Andrew.
Mr. Simpson also announced that the electronic voting system would be used in 13 of the 19 constituencies in the corporate area.
In the 2003 local government election, the system was used in only one corporate area constituency.