In todays Trinidad Guardian More $$ for EBC in election year The Election and Boundaries Commission’s estimates of recurrent expenditure for the 2015 general election year totals $164.3 million, an increase over its 2013 and 2014 figures. The information is contained in the draft estimates of recurrent expenditure for 2014-2015, one of several documents accompanying the budget statement. The EBC estimates list the 2015 figure as $70.4 million more than the 2014 figure of $93.8 million and even more than the 2013 figure of $55.8 million. The estimates include $5 million for election expenses for 2015 (including salaries and other payments for staff) and other election expenses for infrastructure and equipment, estimated at $47.8 million. Under development programme estimates, the EBC is also listed for $12 million for modernising ID card-issuing systems and upgrading electronic voter registration and electronic management systems. [ Click the link to read this article in full guardian.co.tt/news/2014-09-10/more-ebc-election-year ]
Posted on: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 15:05:00 +0000
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