One hundred miss online registration deadline

Monday 14 May 2018

Almost a hundred islanders will not be able to vote in the elections on Wednesday, after they missed the deadline for online registration.

More than 5,000 people used the online service to register as an elector since it was launched in March 2018, with 300 using it in the last 48 hours.

The online application was provided to encourage more Islanders to sign up to the electoral register ahead of the general election in May. Launched on My Parish Online, as part of an ongoing work to review the delivery of services by parishes, the online registration form was also available via Vote.je.

Len Norman, Chairman of both the Privileges and Procedures Committee and the Comité des Connétables, said he was delighted that the online service had been so well used. However, he said it was disappointing that some islanders would still miss out on the opportunity to vote.

He explained: "The cut-off time for having your name added to the electoral register was noon on 9 May. More than 300 people used the service in the final 48 hours before the cut-off but there have been over 100 applications since the cut-off time.

"These people will not be able to vote on Wednesday but we wish to assure them that if they are eligible their names will be added to the register for future elections.” 

To be entitled to register to vote, a person needs:

• to be ordinarily resident in Jersey;
• to be 16 years old or over;
• to have lived in Jersey for either the last two years, or the last six months plus additional periods that total at least five years.

A person can apply to register up to three months before their 16th birthday or before they complete either of the residence periods.