During the seven-day registration period under the labour administration, in July 1998, 5,652 new names were added to the voter registry, nearly as many as had been added in the three previous years combined. That brought the total number registered to 53,941, equivalent to about 80 percent of the population. Following legal challenges by opposition parties, the list was eventually trimmed to 52,385. Even if one goes by the highest national population estimate, 69,000, and given that at least a third of the population is below voting age, the final list still must have been inflated by up to 25 percent with names of people who had died, migrated, or, as the opposition and civic groups alleged, people of foreign origin not legally entitled to vote. The eternal greed of the labour administration has not changed. The new electoral process enables all Antiguans and Barbudans, as well as eligible non nationals to cast their Vote clearly and fairly. This is a CLEAN voters list! Our Country, Our Future, In Our Hands
Posted on: Wed, 06 Nov 2013 17:44:02 +0000
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