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Business voters for Corporation of Hamilton elections were asked to make sure their details were up to date. Charles Gosling, the Mayor of Hamilton, said that elections were scheduled for next year. Mr Gosling said: “The Parliamentary Registrar is cu...

British people who have lived overseas for more than 15 years are to be given the right to vote in UK elections, it was announced yesterday. The move was announced in the Queen’s Speech, which outlines the UK government programme for the year. The Qu...

The U.S. Consulate General in Bermuda would like to invite all U.S. citizens to register to vote for the upcoming 2020 primary and general elections. On Friday, March 6, 2020, the U.S. Consulate will host its third Voter Registration Drive at Washin...

The British Government has rejected a parliamentary committee proposal to come up with a timetable for talks that would give British residents in Bermuda the right to vote. It said the Foreign Office did not plan to publish any such schedule but reco...

David Burt rejected talk of independence yesterday as he asked the British Government to dismiss a report that recommended that British citizens resident in Bermuda should have voting rights. However, the Premier warned the stance on independence co...

No one needs to be an expert on world history, to know when the quality of leadership becomes so disturbing, questions are raised over whether common values of decency, truth and justice, are no longer relevant, in a world ravaged by political and ec...

David Burt, the Premier, took aim at the Opposition after an online report found the One Bermuda Alliance requested and received voter information in 2012. Mr Burt said in the House of Assembly last Friday that the OBA should not make “foolish press ...

A veteran former MP and member of the “class of ‘68” remembered “the greatest change in the social and political make-up of Bermuda” as the island marked the 50th anniversary of the historic General Election of 1968. Walter Roberts, who represented t...

The late Edwena Smith has been saluted for her contribution to the fight for universal adult suffrage. Ms Smith died this month at the age of 86 — just before the milestone commemorations today for the 50th anniversary of the 1968 General Election wh...

A special sitting of Parliament today will commemorate 50 years since the struggle for full voting rights resulted in the historic General Election of 1968. Dennis Lister, the Speaker of the House, said today’s ceremonies in the House of Assembly wou...

With the General Election imminent on Tuesday, the Parliamentary Registrar today issued a reminder to employers for eligible staff to be given sufficient time off work to cast their ballots. The law covers registered voters in accordance with section...

A piece of the women’s suffrage movement in Bermuda is set to go under the hammer to support the Bermuda National Trust. The Trust’s annual Auction and Jumble Sale will feature a table from the collection of Gladys Morrell that played a role in givin...