A by-election will be held on Wednesday 29 April, if the States agrees to the date at their end of February meeting.
However, there will only be three in-person polling stations for the election – to replace jailed former Deputy Jonathan Le Tocq – if proposals are agreed.
The States’ Assembly and Constitution Committee estimated the by-election – which will be the first since the introduction of island-wide voting – will cost £75,000.
Deputy Sarah Hansmann Rouxel, President of SACC, said the committee wanted to make sure the by-election was “efficient… and kept costs to a minimum while ensuring a fair process for candidates”.
Cost savings
Unlike the general election, there will not be a printed manifesto booklet for the by-election, a measure Deputy Hansmann Rouxel described as a “considerable saving”.
Manifestos and videos will be published on the election website instead.
“Candidates will of course be free to produce some printed copies of their manifesto to make available to any voters expressing a preference for a printed copy,” she added.
There would also be a reduced number of polling stations, with one at Beau Sejour and two others around the island – with the exact locations to be decided.
Like at the general election, individual candidates would be allowed to spent up to £3,000.
Under the proposals, the electoral roll would close on 25 April, while postal vote applications would need to be in by 10 April.