Deadline for Registering for Municipal Elections is January Eleventh

Josephine Tamai

The deadline to register in time for the municipal elections is January eleventh. Chief Elections Officer Josephine Tamai says that given the registration cycle, the approved list will include those registered up to that date. She encourages Belizeans to get registered, saying that COVID-19 safety protocols are being exercised at Elections and Boundaries offices across the country.

Josephine Tamai, Chief Elections Officer

“Looking at the nomination day being by the second week in February, more than likely the deadline for persons to register to vote in the municipal elections will be the eleventh of January, 2021. So again, for persons who wish to vote in municipal elections, they are required to register by the eleventh of January, 2021.  I want to encourage people who have not registered because we have a continuous registration system. So persons could always go in and register at the office but again depending on the nomination day that will determine whether they are eligible to vote. One of the things that we have been doing since early this year, persons who go to the Elections and Boundaries offices are required to use their masks. Persons will not be attended to if they are not properly wearing their masks; they are properly sanitized before entering the offices and we have persons who continuously clean the offices throughout the day to ensure that the staff is safe and to ensure that persons who go in to get registered are safe. We also manage the number of persons within the office space at any particular point in time. We ask persons to ensure that outside while they are waiting for them to maintain the six feet social distancing. In cases where it is difficult to manage, then we would ask the assistance of the police to ensure that persons are abiding by the protocols.”