Persons present in the polling station
Should all polling stations have a poll clerk?
What is Yes?
After a voter has voted in secret and they return with their ballot properly folded, where does the ballot go and who puts it there?
What is the ballot goes in the ballot box and it must be put in my the Presiding Officer?
What is the type of voting system used in Jamaica?
What is First-Past-The-Post Voting?
True or False: The Presiding Officer should repeat the voting instructions to only male voters
What is False?
NB: voting instructions should be repeated to ALL voters
True or False: a polling location can have multiple polling stations
What is True?
How many voters are allowed to be inside the polling station at a time?
What is one?
What is the purpose of the indelible ink?
What is to signify that that voter has already voted?
Briefly explain what is a first-past-the-post voting system
What is a voting system in which each elector casts one single vote for one candidate and the candidate with the most votes wins the election?
After voting is complete which finger is dipped in to the indelible ink?
What is the right index finger (to the first joint!)?
At what age are Jamaicans allowed to vote?
What is 18 years old?
What is another name from a voter?
What is an elector?
What three things does the voters list contain?
What is the names of voters, their occupation and their address?
What is a rejected ballot?
What is a ballot that was put in the ballot box but upon examination had to be taken out and thrown way by the Presiding Officer?
When taking an oath what is the difference between affirming and swearing
NB: voters choose which one they would like to do
What is
swearing involves taking an oath using the bible to signify that you are telling the truth
while affirming involves declaring that telling the truth (with no reference to the bible)?
Should a voter who doesn't have a voters id be not allowed to vote?
What is NO?
(the Black Book should be used to verify their identity)
Who is officially in charge of the polling station?
Who is the Presiding Officer?
What is the purpose of the integrity lamp?
What is to check all the fingers to the voter to make sure that they have not voted before?
(Remember voters can only vote once)
What is a spoilt ballot?
What is a ballot that is ruined and discarded by the Presiding Officer before it is put in the ballot box?
Explain step-by-step what occurs after the folded ballot is returned to the presiding officer after the voter has voted in secret
What is the presiding officer will facilitate the dipping of the right index finger into the indelible ink and then place the voters ballot into the ballot box? (that's it!)
What time do polling stations officially close?
What is 5pm!
NB: voters that were already waiting to vote before the official closing time are still allowed to vote
Name other persons who may be present in the polling station while persons vote
Who are CAFFE observers, indoor agents from either party?
What does the Black Book contain?
What is personal information submitted by the voter at the time of registering to vote?
What is open voting is when someone exposes their hence exposing who they will be voting for to others - this is illegal as the law requires that voting be done in secret?
Explain step by step what occurs after the presiding office confirms the voter is on their voters list
What is they will then inspect the fingers of the voter using the integrity lamp, they will then explain how the whole voting process goes including explaining what is on the ballot, how the ballot should be marked and how it should be given back?
In what year were all Jamaicans, regardless of race or gender or class, over the age of 21 (at that time) allowed to vote? And what was the law that allowed this called?
What is 1944? What is Universal Adult Suffrage?