Court rules against PNCR scrutineer over residency requirement for voting
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Ruling on registration verification case: Chief Justice robustly defended people’s right to exercise franchise freely – Jagdeo
General Secretary of the ruling People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), Dr Bharrat Jagdeo, says that Chief Justice (ag) Roxane George robustly defended persons’ right to vote when she ruled on Thursday there is no legal requirement for a Guyanese to be resident at a particular address in Guyana in order to be registered or to vote. PPP General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo The decision was in relation to a case brought by Chief Scrutineer of the P…
Court rules against PNCR scrutineer over residency requirement for voting
Even as the High Court of Guyana has dismissed the application by PNCR Chief Scrutineer Carol Smith-Joseph challenging the eligibility criteria for voter registration, ruling that there is no residency requirement for citizens to be registered or to vote in the country’s general elections, Smith-Joseph has instructed her lawyers to appeal Acting Chief Justice Roxane George’s ruling to dismiss the address verification case. The article Court rule…
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