COMMONWEALTH OF THE BAHAMAS
MINISTRY OF NATIONAL SECURITY
Parliamentary Registration Department
PUBLIC NOTICE - RADIO ANNOUNCEMENT
CONTINUATION OF DAILY AND EVENING VOTER REGISTRATION
The Parliamentary Commissioner wishes to inform the general public that daily Voter Registration continues throughout New
Providence, at the Parliamentary Registration Department on Farrington Road, Marathon and Town Centre Malls, NIB
Headquarters, BEC Headquarters on Baillou Hill Road, Elizabeth Estates Post Office, Carmichael Road Post Office, Cable
Beach Post Office, and on Grand Bahama at the Parliamentary Registration Department Sub-Office in NIB Building,
Explorer’s Way, Freeport, and at the District Administrator’s Office in the Family Islands, during normal working hours,
Monday to Friday.
Also, Evening Voter Registration continues from 3 January 2017, in New Providence, Grand Bahama, and the Family Islands
at the following times and places:
No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Location
Main Headquarters, Farrington Road
Mall at Marathon, Marathon Road
Town Centre Mall
Elizabeth Estates Post Office
South Beach Post Office, East Street (South)
Carmichael Road Post Office
Cable Beach Post Office
PRD Sub-Office, NIB Building, Explorer’s Way, Freeport
The District Administrator’s Office, in each Family Island
Time of Opening
5:00pm to 9:00pm
5:00pm to 9:00pm
5:00pm to 9:00pm
5:00pm to 9:00pm
5:00pm to 9:00pm
5:00pm to 9:00pm
5:00pm to 9:00pm
5:00pm to 9:00pm
5:00pm to 8:00pm
Evening Voter Registration will be extended to Centres in various Constituencies from 5.00pm to 9.00pm, as follows:
No.
Constituency
Registration Centre
1
BAINS TOWN & GRANTS TOWN
C. R. Walker Senior High School & University of The Bahamas
2
BAMBOO TOWN
C. V. Bethel Senior High School, East Street (South)
3
CARMICHAEL
Gerald Cash Primary School, Carmichael Road
4
CENTREVILLE
Centreville Primary School, Collin Avenue
5
ELIZABETH
Thelma Gibson Primary School, Elizabeth Estates Subdivision
6
ENGLERSTON
E. P. Roberts Primary School, Lincoln Boulevard
7
FORT CHARLOTTE
C. C. Sweeting Junior High School, College Avenue
8
FOX HILL
Sandilands Primary School, Bernard Road
9
GARDEN HILLS
S. C. McPherson Junior High School, Baillou Hill Road
10
GOLDEN GATES
Carmichael Primary School, Carmichael Road
11
GOLDEN ISLES
Enoch Beckford Auditorium, Carmichael Road
12
KILLARNEY
H. O. Nash Junior High School, J. F. Drive
13
MARATHON
C. I. Gibson Senior High School, Marathon Road
14
MONTAGU
Palmdale Primary School, Bradley Street
15
MOUNT MORIAH
Government High School, Yellow Elder Gardens
16
NASSAU VILLAGE
Sadie Curtis Primary, Nassau Village
17
PINEWOOD
Cleveland Eneas Primary School, Pinewood Gardens
18
SAINT ANNE’S
Uriah McPhee Primary School, Kemp Road
19
SEABREEZE
Sadie Curtis Primary, Nassau Village
20
SOUTH BEACH
South Beach Post Office, East Street (South)
21
SOUTHERN SHORES
Garvin Tynes Primary School, Alexander Boulevard
22
TALL PINES
Garvin Tynes Primary School, Alexander Boulevard
23
YAMACRAW
Thelma Gibson Primary School, Elizabeth Estates Subdivision
Additionally, in New Providence, Voter Registration will be conducted in the various constituencies as listed above on
Saturdays from 10:am to 4:00pm, and at PRD Headquarters, Town Centre and Marathon Malls, and at selected Post Offices.
Requirements to Register as a Voter
To be entitled to be registered as a voter, a person must be:
(a)
A citizen of The Bahamas of full age (i.e. 18 years or older), and not subject to any legal incapacity; and
(b)
Must have been, during the entire period of three (3) months preceding that day, ordinarily resident in premises in
that constituency.
Documentary Requirements
Pursuant to Section 20(1)(a)(i), persons who had formerly been registered, but who are not on the current Register, are
required to bring their 2012 Voter’s Card in order to be registered. However, persons may be required to produce
reasonable evidence, whether documentary or otherwise, as the Revising Officer shall consider necessary, to prove that they
are qualified to be registered.
All persons registering for the first time are required under Section 19(1)(a)(ii) of the Parliamentary Elections Act to produce
for the Revising Officer a Bahamian Passport OR a Birth Certificate (or a Baptismal Certificate in lieu thereof). Note that
the Revising Officer may also require other evidence, documentary or otherwise, to prove that the applicant is qualified to be
registered as a voter. For example, if the applicant is relying on a Birth Certificate, the Revising Officer may require evidence
of the citizenship and birth of either or both parents, and applicants relying on Birth Certificates issued after 10 July 1973,
should produce either their mother’s Bahamian Passport OR Birth Certificate.
Transfer
A registered voter who has moved to a new place of residence over the past three (3) months ought to provide some
documentary evidence of his/her change of address in order to apply for a transfer to the new address. Applications for
transfers shall be made to the Office of the Parliamentary Commissioner on Farrington Road, at the Parliamentary
Registration Department in the NIB Building in Freeport, and at the Office of the District Administrator in each Family Island.
An applicant, who only possesses an Affidavit of birth, ought to apply to the Passport Office for his/her Bahamian Passport
as evidence (proof) of Bahamian citizenship.
Sherlyn W. Hall (Mr.)
Parliamentary Commissioner
3 January 2017