Advanced polling for incapacitated voters and residents who will be travelling on the day of the General Election will open today, the Parliamentary Registrar confirmed.

The polling station at the Seventh-day Adventist Church on King Street in Hamilton will be open today, tomorrow and Thursday between 8am and 8pm.

Advanced polling certificates for travellers will be issued at the Parliamentary Registry until Thursday. The office will have extended hours today, tomorrow and Thursday from 8am to 8pm to issue certificates and voters cards.

Travellers require E-ticket receipts or a confirmed airline ticket itinerary showing the dates of travel as well as identification to obtain a certificate. Accepted forms of ID include driver’s licence, a passport issued by a Commonwealth country, a special person’s card, or a voter’s card.

Incapacitated voters need to present themselves to the Chief Medical Officer at the Hamilton Health Centre on Victoria Street, Hamilton. Voters should call ahead for an appointment on 278-6460 to reduce waiting times at the clinic.

Any voter who is scheduled for a medical procedure that will prevent them from being able to travel to the polling station on election day may also apply to vote in advance.

Certificates will be issued until Thursday between 9am and 12pm and again from 2pm to 4pm.

Voters will require identification and if the voter has a scheduled medical procedure, a letter from his or her doctor stating that they are unable to travel to the polls on polling day.

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