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Opinion Writer

Use your vote for a better Bermuda

“I’m not voting.” “I have never voted.” “All politicians are the same.” Statements made frequently. At first listen, I wonder why anyone would even have this rationale? Then I remember that many in my generation had this very same attitude at one po...
Dec 16, 2015
Other

Voting reform stillin works, says Fahy

Absentee balloting, fixed-term elections and the right of voters to recall MPs are still in the works, despite a long silence from Government on political reform. The measures were part of the One Bermuda Alliance election platform, and a governance ...
Nov 24, 2014
Opinion Writer

"Be guided by your conscience"

My twenty years of teaching and long involvement in community work has offered a fair share of contact with young people. Perhaps this is why I have had queries from the younger generation regarding the up-coming General Election; mainly seeking guid...
Dec 17, 2012
Opinion Writer

"Why first time voting matters"

On Tuesday November 6th, 2012 my friends, classmates, students, and many others made a difference for their country. It was Election Day in the United States and everyone I knew was able to vote. All over campus prior to this day everything centered ...
Dec 17, 2012
Letters to the Editor

"Impressed with Registrar"

December 9, 2012 Dear Sir, I recently sent in two separate e-mail inquiries to Parliamentary Registrar Randy Scott. Mr Scott personally answered both of my e-mails within hours, including one sent on Sunday (today). Mr Scott also happened to be manni...
Dec 14, 2012
Letters to the Editor

"Whites need not answer"

December 6, 2012 Dear Sir, I have just participated in the shortest phone survey ever. “Question 1. Are you registered to vote. Yes Question 2. How likely are you to vote. Absolutely yes Question 3. Have you or your family ever worked in the media. N...
Dec 14, 2012
Letters to the Editor

"Ban cell phones from voting booth"

November 28, 2012 Dear Sir, Rumours are circulating that certain votes are being financially acquired (read bought) with proof of how the person votes being photographed with a cell phone in the booth, and once the picture-proof is shown to the cand...
Dec 03, 2012
Letters to the Editor

"Tell young voters the truth"

November 27, 2012 Dear Sir, Madam Premier is going to London to address students. Will she tell them the truth? That is, the prospect of finding a job is bleak. One out of three young adults cannot find employment. If they can, they get less pay as t...
Nov 29, 2012
Letters to the Editor

"Keep cell phones out"

November 25, 2012 Dear Sir, I would like to pose a question to the Parliamentary Registrar and another one to The Royal Gazette. What, if anything, does the Registrar plan to do to keep cell phones out of the voting booth or, at the very least, to ba...
Nov 29, 2012
Politics

"More staff planned to help keep electoral roll accurate"

Parliamentary Registrar Randy Scott said his office plans on hiring staff to keep track of the electoral roll’s accuracy. Ms Scott said the Registrar has been without scrutineers, as the officers are known, for the last three years. He said annual re...
Nov 29, 2012
Editorials

"The youth –and negativity"

One of the advantages of being young is that you can change opinions, or even hold contradictory ones at the same time, and be forgiven for it. That may be why it is difficult to get a read on young voters in the current election campaign. Recent st...
Nov 23, 2012
Politics

"Are young people less likely to vote?"

They bear some of society’s heaviest burdens, yet the Island’s youngest voters are more likely not to participate in elections than other groups. Figures provided by the Parliamentary Registrar, Randy Scott, show that 35 percent of those qualified to...
Nov 22, 2012
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