Elections
GECOM seeks to shorten deadlines to hold elections this year – governing coalition
Top representatives of the governing coalition were told by the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Retired Justice Claudette...
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Chief Elections Officer admitted to Caribbean Heart Institute
Chief Election Officer of the Guyana Elections Commission, Keith Lowenfield. The Chief Elections Officer, Keith Lowenfield was Tuesday afternoon admitted...
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Jagdeo cautiously optimistic about GECOM meeting outcome
Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo led a delegation into a meeting with the Guyana Elections Commission on Tuesday, September 10, 2019....
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Spending oil money impossible before elections – Finance Minister
Ministry of Finance Due to the failure of the opposition People's Progressive Party (PPP) and the Private Sector Commission (PSC)...
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Chief Elections Officer says elections possible in March; PPP demands polls in November
The Chief Elections Officer and team on Friday told the seven-member Guyana Elections Commission that the earliest the machinery can...
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Printing of national ID cards can take at least three months – PPP elections commissioner
GECOM Chairman Claudette Singh flanked by (left to right) PPP-aligned election commissioners Robeson Benn, Bibi Shadick, and Sase Gunraj as...
Read moreDetailsPPP likely to object to overseas printing of national ID cards
The opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) on Tuesday appeared poised to object to any idea of having Guyana’s national identification...
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Jamaica can print Guyanese ID cards but fingerprint cross-matching will not be timely
The Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) has said it would be unable to cross-match the fingerprints of the more than...
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GECOM divided on merging voter registration data; Jamaican assistance sought on fingerprint verification
Pro-coalition elections commissioners Desmond Trotman, Vincent Alexander and Charles Corbin. Guyana's electoral commissioners representing the governing coalition and the opposition...
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House-to-house registration to end on August 31
The Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Retired Justice Claudette Singh has ordered that the now more-than-one-month-old house-to-house registration...
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