GREAT BAY,– The Civil Registry Department has identified 16 polling stations for the upcoming Netherlands Antilles Parliamentary elections scheduled for January 22, 2010.
The last federal parliamentary elections were held on January 27, 2006 and there were 14 polling stations at that time.
The total number of persons eligible to cast their vote on January 22 is 19,355.
Of these, 10.006 are persons born in the Netherlands Antilles, which also includes those born on St. Maarten (5.841).
The 16 voting districts are as follows:
Stem district 1 John Larmony Center
Stem district 2 Sundial School
Stem Lokaal Huis van Bewaring
Stem district 3 St. Maarten Senior Citizen Recreational Foundation
Stem District 4 Sr. Marie Laurence
Stem District 5 Dutch Quarter Community Center
Stem district 6 Milton Peters College
Stem District 7 Rupert Maynard Center
Stem District 8 St. Maarten Academy
Stem District 9 Celebration Palace
Stem District 10 Raoul Illidge Sports Complex
Stem District 11 Charles Leopold Bell
Stem District 12 Leonard Conner School
Stem District 13 Simpsonbay Sports Community Center
Stem District 14 Belvedere Community Center
Stem District 15 Melford Hazel Recreational
Stem District 16 St. Maarten Home
The Civil Registry Department also made a recent appeal to residents to make sure that the office has their correct physical residential address on file. This was necessary prior to closing off the voter’s registry which took place on October 23, 2009.
For further information you can call the Civil Registry Department at 542-2457.