Georgetown: Political parties contesting the May 11 General and Regional Elections met Wednesday to be apprised of the procedures for Nomination Day, as well as other electoral rules. The meeting, which took place at the Guyana Elections Commission’s (GECOM) Kingston location was open to all contesting parties.
According to a GECOM official, invitations have been sent out to all known political parties.
Nomination Day is due no later than 32 days before the election, which in this case cannot be held later than April 9. At this stage, the parties though their Representative and Deputy Representative, will present their lists of candidates.
According to a GECOM advisory, the Representative or the Deputy Representative in submitting the list to the Chief Elections Officer must ensure that it is submitted in the prescribed form, ascertain that the list is accompanied by a Statutory Declaration for each candidate and for the President named in the National Top-List.
GECOM says no person on the list could be on more than one Geographical Constituency’s List. The Representative must also ensure that the necessary corrections are made and submitted to the Chief Elections Officer not later than the twenty-ninth day before Election Day if the List of Candidates is in any way defective; make an application in writing to the Chief Elections Officer for the allocation of a symbol not later than the thirty-second day before Election Day. This symbol must be approved by the Election Commission.
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