elections.gov.bm New Registration Bermuda : Parliamentary Registry

Organisation : Parliamentary Registry
Announcement : New Registration
Country : Bermuda
Website : https://www.elections.gov.bm/
Register Here : https://elections.gov.bm/registration/new-registration-new.html

Elections Bermuda New Registration

Please enter the following details for New Registration,
1. Select Gender* Male Or Female
2. Enter Date Of Birth

Related / Similar Service : Parliamentary Registry Bermuda

3. Enter Address
4. I Declare The Applicant Possesses Bermudian Status, Granted On (If Applicable)
a. Select Month
b. Select Day
c. Select Year
5. If Status Granted, Please Provide Scan Of Status Certificate – Upload file
6. Enter Contact Details

Note :
Be sure to click on the “I am not a Robot” check box before submitting your information.

FAQs

1. Do I have to be registered to vote?
All voters must be registered in the constituency in which they live in order to vote. Registration takes place throughout the year. If you move to another constituency or change your name, you must register that change with the Parliamentary Registrar within 28 days of the change.

2. Why does a voter have to register?
Voters must be registered so that a list of voters can be prepared in advance of an election to determine numbers of voters, and also to ensure that everyone who comes to vote is eligible.

3. Who can register to vote?
Persons can register to vote if they are Bermudian and 18 years of age or older, or non-Bermudian Commonwealth citizens who were registered to vote on 1st May 1976. Persons who are not ordinarily resident in Bermuda if they reside outside of Bermuda for more than 6 months

4. How can I tell if I am registered?
Registration lists are always on display at all post offices, police stations, the library, the office of the Parliamentary Registrar and online at Official website.

5. Can I vote if I will be off the island or in hospital on polling day?
Persons who expect to be off the island or in hospital on polling day, may vote at an advanced poll approximately one week before. Certificates of intended absence or incapacity are required.

6. When are Nominations accepted?
Nomination period for the Nomination of Candidates will be held between 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. on Nomination day at the election room appointed for the parliamentary election.

No nominations will be accepted before or after the specified period. Nomination papers will be available from our offices commencing with the issue of the Writ of elections.

7. What is the format required for Nominations?
Nominations should be presented to the Returning Office on the Nomination papers provided by the Parliamentary Registry Office, or in the prescribed form.

The nomination paper must be delivered in duplicate to the Returning Officer either by the intended candidate or by his proposer or seconder at the polling place in which the candidate is standing for election and between the hours specified for accepting nominations.

The nomination paper must be signed in duplicate by two parliamentary electors whose names are included in the parliamentary register for the constituency concerned.

One as the Proposer and one as the Seconder, neither of who can have been the Proposer or Seconder for the nomination of another candidate at that parliamentary election.

The candidate cannot be nominated in any other constituency. All information regarding the candidate must be completed and the candidate is required to sign the form in duplicate.

Any candidate endorsed by a political party must present a letter with their nomination papers from or on behalf of the chairman of the party stating that the candidate is endorsed by the party. All other candidates will be described as “independent” candidates.

Contact Us

3rd floor Craig Appin Building
#8 Wesley Street,
Hamilton HM11 Bermuda
Phone: 441 293-VOTE (8683)
Email: pro AT gov.bm