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EBC stages “Mock” Polling Station
Chief Election Officer, Fern Narcis-Scope and staff of the Elections and Boundaries Commission staged a “mock polling station” simulation exercise to assess its level of preparedness for the upcoming Parliamentary Elections, which will be conducted under Covid-19 guidelines. The simulation was an interactive exercise with the forty-one Returning Officers and included a team of officials from the Ministry of Health, led by the Principal Medical Officer Epidemiology (PMOE).
For more information on this event, please see the full Press Release in this link.
EBC stages mock polling station
Health Inspector and EBC Staff at the Mock Polling Station Simulation
Officials from the Ministry of Health and EBC Staff participate in the Polling Station simulation exercise
July 8, 2020
Re-opening of EBC’s Offices
The Elections and Boundaries Commission advises that ALL its Registration Offices and Registration Sub-offices, which were closed to the public due to the Government’s Stay at Home Order, will re-open and resume operations on Monday, June 8, 2020.
For further information, please see the details in the Press Release in this link:
May 31, 2020
Extension of validity of national identification cards
The Elections and Boundaries Commission wishes to advise that ALL identification cards issued by the Commission that have ALREADY EXPIRED as well as those due to expire in 2020, shall be valid until December 31, 2020.
For more details, please see the information in the flyer in the link below.
April 17, 2020
Temporary Closure of Offices (Extended)
The public is advised that ALL Registration Area Offices and Registration Area Sub-offices remain temporarily closed to the public until April 30, 2020.
We do apologize for the inconvenience caused and thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
For further details please see the information in the flyer below.
April 14, 2020
Temporary Closure of Offices
The public is hereby advised that ALL offices of the Elections and Boundaries Commission will be closed from Tuesday, March 31, 2020 to Wednesday, April 15, 2020.
We do apologize for any inconvenience that this disruption to our normal service may cause but this measure has become necessary in the interest of public safety and in accordance with The Public Health (2019 NOVEL CORONAVIRUS (2019-nCoV) (No.4) REGULATIONS, 2020.
Please find attached for your general information, both the advertisement published in the press and Legal Notice 61 of 2020
March 31, 2020
Notice of Closure of our Offices for Carnival 2020
The public is advised that our offices will be closed on Monday, February 24, 2020 and Tuesday, February 25, 2020. Business operations will resume on Wednesday, February 26, 2020 at 8:00 a.m.
Please see the details in the flyer below for more information
February 20, 2020
The Preliminary Results of the 2019 Local Government Elections
These are the preliminary results for the 2019 Local Government Elections.
With an electorate of 1,079,976 in 139 electoral districts in Trinidad, there was a voter turn-out of 34.49%.
For more information, please see the full Press Release.
Press Release EBC – Preliminary Results of the 2019 Local Government Elections
December 4, 2019
Be aware and respect the laws on Election Day
The Elections and Boundaries Commission is advising all Political Paries, candidates contesting the 2019 Local General Elections, electors and all other democratic stakeholders to respect the laws or face the consequences.
Ignorance of the law is not an excuse. We have itemized for you in the flyers below, the list of election offences. Please be guided on the dos and don’ts, with respect to the law on Election Day.
Notice of Election Offences and Bribery, Treating and Undue Influence
December 1, 2019
What’s the law with respect to employees’ time-off for voting?
The Elections and Boundaries Commission wishes to bring to the attention of ALL employers and employees, the provisions relating to time-off for voting as stipulated in the Representation of the People Act, Chapter 2:01.
According to Election Rule 28, every employer shall permit each elector in his employment, to be absent from his work on polling day, during the hours of the poll for TWO HOURS in addition to the normal mid-day meal hour.
For more information, please see our flyer in the link below.