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Greetings and salutations friends of Electoral Services International, Inc. (ESI)! Happy Holidays and Happy New Year! 365 days ago, ESI was celebrating another year that had passed and, in many respects, 2021 was similar to 2020. Once again, the world continued to battle against the global pandemic known as COVID-19. And, once again, ESI continued
On Saturday December 4, 2021, eligible Gambian voters will head to the polls to elect their President. A Presidential term in the Republic of The Gambia is 5 years. This year, 6 candidates are competing for office. Our friends at the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) have been working hard in the days, weeks and months
Electoral Services International Inc. (ESI) has successfully completed its third biometric voter registration (BVR) project in The Gambia together with our partner the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC). ESI’s experienced people, homegrown BVR software, and quality off-the-shelf hardware performed admirably during unprecedented times. In what can only be described as ESI’s most challenging BVR exercise to
Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) is underway and ongoing nationwide in The Gambia. It began on May 29, 2021 and will stop on July 11, 2021. Registration centres are open from 8am until 5pm Monday to Sunday. Of course, before registration could commence, Electoral Services International Inc. (ESI) had to deliver the BVR hardware, software, and
Electoral Services International Inc. (ESI) has the distinct honour to announce that we have been selected to assist the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) in The Gambia with their voter registration for The Gambia’s upcoming 2021 National Elections. The IEC originally published an open international tender for the biometric voter registration (BVR) exercise in the fall
On February 19, 2021, registered voters in the British Overseas Territory of Turks and Caicos went to the polls for General Elections to elect members of the House of Assembly. The 2021 election was said to have been carried out democratically, peacefully, and safely. Extensive documentation and video instruction was made available to voters with
Greetings and salutations ladies, gentlemen, boys, girls and children of all ages. Although the year 2020 is a year many of us would like to forget about for obvious reasons, the team here at Electoral Services International Inc. (ESI) still wanted to take the time to thank everyone for their support for another year in
On Thursday November 5, 2020 beginning at 07:00 hours, registered voters in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) went to the polls to vote for their next government in their 2020 General Election. 15 seats in the National Assembly were contested. The polls closed at 17:00 hours, but Vincentians who were quarantining due to COVID-19
On Thursday September 3, 2020, Jamaica held its 18th General Election. Jamaicans came out (with sanitized hands, wearing masks, practicing social distancing) on polling day to vote for who will be represented in Jamaica’s 63-seat parliament. Election day workers, police officers and military personnel went to the polls in advance of the general public on
Since the worldwide crisis known as the COVID-19 pandemic emerged, more than 50 countries and a handful of territories have either postponed or canceled elections altogether. Much like Suriname and Burundi did last month (May 2020), Saint Kitts and Nevis made a strong decision to hold their General Election as scheduled on Friday June 5,