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,
Happy Holidays and Happy New Year to you and your loved ones! May you continue to be blessed with good health and much happiness today and well into the future. Not only is it time to say goodbye to another year in Electoral Services International Inc. (ESI)’s history, but it is also time to welcome
Voters in the island nation of Dominica went to the polls on Friday December 6, 2019 in a general election to select the elected seats in the House of Assembly. The vote was monitored by teams from the CARICOM Election Observation Mission (CEOM), Organization of American States (OAS) Electoral Mission, the Commonwealth Observation Group (COG) and
The beginning of September typically signals back to school for the majority of the population in Canada (where ESI’s headquarters is located). Similarly, the end of the summer season and beginning of fall means back to work for many men and women in the worldwide election industry. It is this time of year when greater