June 13, 2016
Parliamentary Commissioner Sherlyn Hall.
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Hall avoids questions over polling problems
PARLIAMENTARY Commissioner Sherlyn Hall yesterday repeatedly dodged questions from the press as chaos unfolded at the advanced poll in the capital.
Voter register certified
THE 2017 voter register was certified on Monday, according to Parliamentary Commissioner Sherlyn Hall, however The Tribune was unable to obtain a copy up to press time last night.
Registered voter total rises to 181,000
THE NUMBER of registered voters for the upcoming general election is just over 181,000, according to Parliamentary Commissioner Sherlyn Hall, who said his team was still hard at work weeding out the names of deceased people from the register before it is certified next week.
Hall says it’s not his job to check disclosures accuracy
AMIDST mounting controversy over the accuracy of disclosures filed by election candidates last week, both Parliamentary Commissioner Sherlyn Hall and Public Disclosure Commission Chairman Myles Laroda said yesterday they were not responsible for verifying the data put forward by candidates, insisting that responsibility lies with other government agencies.
Hall promises clean register
PARLIAMENTARY Commissioner Sherlyn Hall yesterday pledged that his department “has the ability” to produce a clean voter’s register, but said that can only happen if Bahamians do not “contaminate” it by registering more than once.
Hall: We’ll get it right on cleaning up register
PARLIAMENTARY Commissioner Sherlyn Hall yesterday vowed that his department will clean up the voter register and “get it right” for the country’s general election after a report revealed that hundreds of names have been duplicated across multiple constituencies.
Hall warns on voter's cards
SEVERAL people have attempted to gain two voter’s cards by registering twice at different locations, Parliamentary Commissioner Sherlyn Hall said yesterday, adding that police officers have been called about at least one case.
Rise in registered voters - but still behind same point in 2011
OFFICIALS from the Parliamentary Registration Department have reported that nearly 10,000 eligible voters have registered for the upcoming general election over the last month, suggesting a sharp rise in those “frightening” low voter registration numbers reported in November.
Voter cards can be used for election registration
PARLIAMENTARY Commissioner Sherlyn Hall has accepted legal advice that will allow Bahamians to use their voter’s cards from a previous election to register to vote for next year’s general election without requiring a passport or a birth certificate unless the commissioner specifically demands that one be produced.
Legal advice sought amid low voter registration
AMID low voter registration, Parliamentary Commissioner Sherlyn Hall is seeking legal advice on whether it would be lawful to automatically re-register people for the next election who had registered to vote in the 2012 general election.
‘Parliamentary commissioner must go over referendum’
FORT Charlotte MP Dr Andre Rollins has called for the “immediate” resignation of Parliamentary Commissioner Sherlyn Hall over his handling of the June 7 constitutional referendum.
Commissioner defends referendum results
PARLIAMENTARY Commissioner Sherlyn Hall was adamant yesterday that his department did not do a poor job in its handling of last week’s constitutional referendum despite the piecemeal release of results and apparent errors in figures identified by The Tribune.
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