Jamaica
○ Presidential Election
- Term of office: 5
○Parliamentary Elections
- Seats: 21
· House of Representatives
- Seats: 63
- Term of office: 5
○ Election system
· Number of major political parties: 2-party system
· Number of polling stations: 377
· Opening and closing time of polling stations
- 7 am and 5 pm respectively
· Number of registered voters: 1,913,410 (2020 elections)
· Voter turnout: 37.85% (2020 parliamentary elections)
· Voting age: 18
- Prime Minister: appointed by the governor-general
- Senate: 21 Senate members are appointed by the governor-general. The governor-general appoints members of the Senate on recommendation by the Prime Minister and the leader of the opposing party. The ruling party is given 13 seats in the Senate, while the minority party is allotted 8 seats.
· Voting process
1. Find out the polling station
2. Voting (Present a Voter ID card -> Issue a ballot -> Mark a ballot -> Cast a ballot)
3. Dip right index finger in the ink
4. Vote Counting
· Counting process
1. Manual Count: open the ballot box and empty its contents, and count in the place where there are the poll clerk, not less than two witnesses, and the presiding officer.
2. Add up the total number of votes.
3. Make and sign any necessary amendments to the statement of the poll.
· Time to take to announce voting results in the country: 1 Day