GECOM ready as over 10,000 disciplined services members to vote Friday

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) says it is fully prepared to facilitate voting by members of the Joint Services this Friday, ahead of the September 1 general and regional elections.

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At a press conference on Monday, Deputy Chief Election Officer Aneal Giddings disclosed that approximately 10,481 disciplined services members are expected to cast their ballots. This figure includes 6,909 ranks from the Guyana Police Force, 3,106 from the Guyana Defence Force, and 466 from the Guyana Prison Service.

Voting will take place at 83 locations across the country, supported by 67 ballot boxes. Giddings confirmed that all sensitive materials—including ballot papers, statements of poll, and tally sheets—printed in Canada, have already been received.

In addition to local voting, 92 ballots were dispatched to 20 overseas missions, among them embassies, consulates, and high commissions in Barbados, Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Brazil, China, Cuba, India, Qatar, South Africa, Suriname, Switzerland, Trinidad, and Venezuela. Of those ballots, two have already been returned and are now secured under the custody of the Chief Election Officer.

More than 700,000 registered voters are expected to participate in Guyana’s September 1 polls.