The eastern Caribbean nation of St. Kitts and Nevis held snap elections three years earlier than planned following the decision of incumbent prime minister Timothy Harris to dissolve the parliament on May 11, 2022. Snap elections are constitutionally required within ninety (90) days following the dissolution of parliament. As a result, Kittitians and Nevisians were
Snap elections were announced by Grenada’s Prime Minister Keith Mitchell on May 14, 2022 and will be held for both houses of the bicameral Grenadian Parliament, or the House of Representatives and the Senate, on June 23, 2022. The Governor General dissolved parliament on May 16, 2022. Nomination day was June 1, 2022. 41 candidates
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