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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.

Time off for Voting

In addition to the Special Polling Stations established by Returning Officers, the Commission establishes additional polling stations.

Persuant to Election Rule 76 of the Representation of the People Act, Chapter 2:01, these additional polling stations are established by the EBC, to facilitate Special Electors for the upcoming Local Government Elections.

These additional Special Polling Stations will funtion from TUESDAY 26th NOVEMBER to FRIDAY 28th NOVEMBER, 2019.

For a list of the addresses and times of operation of these Special Polling Stations, please view the flyer in the link below.

Establishment of Additional Special Polling Stations

The Elections and Boundaries Commission wishes to advise the public that the SPECIAL POLLING STATIONS established by Returning Officers, in accordance with Election Rule 73 of the Representation of the People Act, Chapter 2:01, for the upcoming Local Government Elections, 2019 will function from MONDAY 25th NOVEMBER to SUNDAY 1st DECEMBER, 2019.

For more information, please open the flyer, found in the link below.

Addresses of Special Polling Stations established by Returning Officers

Did you apply to be treated as a Special Elector? If so it’s time to collect your envelope that contains your ballot paper, which you will need to be able to vote.

Simply go to the Registration Area Office you specified for collection, when filling out your application form.  For more information, click on the link below.

Collection of Special Envelopes

The Elections and Boundaries Commission, (EBC) wishes to advise all candidates contesting the upcoming Local Government Elections, political parties,  and the general public that in response to a procedural error, new ballot papers have been issued for  use by Special Electors in the December 2, 2019 elections.

Click on the link below for the full Press Release.

EBC Press Release – Distribution of Special Elector Ballot Papers successfully completed

In accordance with section 12A (1) and (2) of the Municipal Corporation Act, Chapter 25:04, parties fielding candidates in an election under section 11 for a Municipality or Corporation shall, at the time of nomination of the candidates for Councillors, nominate candidates for Aldermen on a list. This list is known as the, “List of Aldermen”.

The quantum of names on the List of Aldermen to be submitted by each party, shall be equal in number to the number of Councillors to be elected in each Council respectively.

The List of Aldermen for the 2019 Local Government Elections can be found below.

List of Aldermen Nominated for the 2019 Local Government Elections

It is a statutory requirement, when a poll is to be taken, to give notice, as soon as practicable after Nomination Day, of the day on which and the hours during which the poll will be taken; the location of each polling station; the name, address and occupation of each candidate nominated for election as given in his nomination paper and the symbol so assigned.

Notice of Taking A Poll for the 2019 Local Government Elections

Press Release from the EBC on the Close of Nomination Day 2019

There are three hundred and thirty nine (339) candidates contesting the December 2, 2019 Local Government Elections.

The People’s National Movement (PNM) and the United National Congress (UNC) are the only two political parties which have put forward a full slate of candidates. In addition to the PNM and the UNC, the Congress of the People (COP), the Movement for Social Justice (MSJ), Movement for National Development (MND), the Port of Spain Peoples Movement (PPM) and the National Transformation Party (NTP) have advanced candidates in some of the electoral districts. The PPM’s candidates are contesting the twelve electoral districts in the City of Port-of-Spain. The lone candidate for NTP is contesting the electoral district of Calvary, in the Borough of Arima.

For the full Press Release, click on the link below.

Press Release from the EBC – 339 vying for 2019 Local Government Elections

In accordance with Election Rule (4) (1) of the Representation of the People Act, Chapter 2:01, the Returning Officer shall within two days after the receipt of the writ of election or within two days after he has been notified by the Chief Election Officer, whichever may be the sooner, and not less than twelve days clear before the day fixed by the writ as nomination day

1. publish in the Gazette and in at least one newspaper election notices in the form set out as Form No. 35 in the Prescribed Form Rules;
2. cause copies of the notices to be posted at his office and a such other places in the electoral district as he may deem necessary.

The Election Notices for the 2019 Local Government Elections are hereby listed for your information.

FAWLocal Gov’t Form 35 Notice of Election (48pages)-compressed