Parliamentary Registrar Sabrina Phillips has undergone the busiest few days of her career this week as she prepares to ensure next month's general election goes off smoothly.

Since Premier Jennifer Smith announced on Tuesday that the vote will be on July 24, Ms Phillips and her staff of six have been scrambling to ensure all polling stations will be free, and that all returning officers can make it on the big day.

Governor Sir John Verker has to have all this information before he can issue the writ to have the election, and yesterday he had all the data and was able to issue the writ.

Ms Phillips, who became Parliamentary Registrar in February 2002 after working at an e-commerce company and as vice-president of Bank of N.T. Butterfield, has now received confirmation that just over 110 returning officers will be available on July 24.

The election will be the first held under the new 36 single-seat constituency system, and six weeks rather than the usual 17 days has been set aside for campaigning because of the changes.

"It has been extremely busy. I am very appreciative of the time that was given and the six week timescale has been a Godsend," Ms Phillips told The Royal Gazette.

"We spent most of the time (after the election was announced) preparing the issuance of the writ.

"We had information on most of the polling stations and all the returning officers, but we've spent a lot of time scheduling with the returning officers to ensure they are available on the day.

"We have had to make some changes to the schedules. Some of the polling stations weren't available and we had to go to secondary locations. We had advance approval but we had to check to ensure they didn't have something like a day care class on that day.

"This will probably be our busiest period, and the next will be the conclusion of the registration period."

Once the writ is issued by the Governor, electors have seven days to get registered for the election.

She said her office in Reid Street, Hamilton, had had up to 300 internet enquiries from Bermudians checking they are on the voters' roll, though some may be duplicates, she said. Voters can either come into the office or enrol online.

All candidates must be registered on July 8, and ballot papers will printed a few days after that.

An advance poll will be held on July 17 for the people who are sick or will be off Island on July 24.

Polling officers will also go to hospitals and rest homes on July 18 to ensure people there registered to vote can cast their ballot.