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June 30, 2014 Dear Sir I think we need to keep in mind that an election must be called within five years of the first sitting of the House after the last election. Ergo, it must be ‘called’ before say, February 2018. Between now and then let us reme...

An Electoral Commission could settle arguments over whether election candidates’ are eligible to take their seats in Parliament, a civil liberties group said last night. And the Centre for Justice pledged to draw up a list of proposals to restructure...

Former MP John Barritt joined the Registrar General in calling for an Electoral Commission to oversee the evolution of election rules. Addressing the Parliamentary Committee on Elections yesterday, Mr Barritt said such a body could make recommendatio...

Parliamentary registrar Randy Scott suggested Government consider creating an Election Commission to help oversee the evolution of the Island’s electoral process. During yesterday’s first public meeting of the Parliamentary Election Committee, Mr Sco...

A parliamentary select committee established to review elections in Bermuda holds its first meeting today. Opposition MP Walton Brown, who chairs the committee, is inviting verbal or written submissions from members of the public. Other members are ...

May 20, 2013 Dear Sir, Re: Municipal Elections The article in The Royal Gazette of May 20 concerning proposed changes to municipal elections is noted. The article indicates that the changes will result in business owners voting as well as residents. ...

Government is in the final stages of establishing an ad hoc Governance Committee to look into fixed term elections, among other issues. Home Affairs Minister Michael Fahy said in the Senate this morning the committee will also investigate introducing...

Government’s election night website received more than two million hits from 99 nations outside Bermuda. On Monday the site kept crashing and yesterday a statement from the Parliamentary Registry Office said: “In the run up to the national election, ...