EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

RECOMMENDATIONS

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION OF ENQUIRY INTO THE FUNCTIONING OF THE ELECTIONS AND BOUNDARIES COMMISSION

A.     PRELIMINARY

B.      ROLE OF COMMISSIONS OF ENQUIRY

C.     REGISTRATION SYSTEM

D.     THE ELECTIONS AND BOUNDARIES COMMISSION

E.     BACKGROUND TO ENQUIRY

F.      ELECTORAL PROCESS – THE BEDROCK OF DEMOCRACY

G.      BRIEF OVERVIEW OF ELECTIONS – 1986 TO 2001

General Elections – 1986 to 2001

H.     MAJOR COMPLAINTS

The Electoral Lists

BARATARIA/ SAN JUAN CONSTITUENCY

THE DIEGO MARTIN EAST CONSTITUENCY

THE ORTOIRE/MAYARO CONSTITUENCY

SAN FERNANDO WEST

The 2000 General Elections

OTHER COMPLAINTS – SAN FERNANDO WEST

Different Colour Ballot Paper

Poll Cards

Statement of Poll Does Not Agree with Ballots

Presiding Officer Calling Names of Electors after Elector had voted

Initials of Presiding Officer and Deputy Presiding Officer Not in Polling Station Diary

Unauthorised Initials on Ballot Paper

ST. JOSEPH CONSTITUENCY

TUNAPUNA CONSTITUENCY

I.      MISCELLANEOUS ISSUES

Allegations of Voter Padding

Polling Day

The Electoral Ink

Red Line Voting

Special Voting

“Ancestral Voting”

EBC’s Readiness for the 2001 General Elections

J.      BREACHES IN PROCEDURE

Security of Registration Record Cards and Binders

Fly Sheets in Binders

Non-Electors’ Registration Record Cards

Filing/Sorting of Registration Record Cards

K.     FIELD-CHECKS

L.     TRANSFERS AND DELETIONS

Transfers

Transfers into the Marginal Constituencies 1994-2001

Deletions

M.    CANCELLATION OF REGISTRATION

N.    REVISING TRIBUNAL

O.     THE 2001 HOUSE TO HOUSE SURVEY

The Planning Stage

The Preparation Stage

P.      UPDATING OF THE ELECTORAL LISTS

Q.   THE COMPUTER SYSTEM

The Identity Card Issuance System

Personal Computers at Registration Offices

R.    FINANCE AND STAFFING

Staff Training

Funding-General

S.       VOTER EDUCATION

T.     THE ACCURACY OF THE 2000 AND 2001 ELECTORAL LISTS

U.     THE EBC – ITS PERFORMANCE

V.      REVIEW OF THE ACT AND RULES

W.         POLITICAL PARTIES

X.     TERMS OF REFERENCE

Y.     ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Z.      RECOMMENDATIONS

APPENDIX I

APPENDIX II

CONSTITUENCIES IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

ARIMA

UPDATING OF THE ELECTORAL LISTS

New Registrants

Registrants