THE VOTING PROCESS

GRADE 9 CIVICS
OBJECTIVES
ANSWER THE
FOLLOWING
QUESTIONS
LET’S DISCUSS YOUR FINDINGS
WHAT IS A
DEMOCRACY
AND ELEMENTS
OF IT?
REASONS A
PERSON MAY
NOT BE
ALLOWED TO
VOTE
REASONS FOR
REGISTRATION
OF VOTERS
REASONS FOR
UPDATING THE
VOTER’S LIST
WHAT IS THE VOTING PROCESS
 ◼ The National Voters’ List contains the

NATIONAL names of voters eligible to participate in

parliamentary and local government
elections. You must register and have your
VOTERS LIST address verified to be added to the Voters’
List. 
HOW TO GET ON
THE VOTERS
LIST
IMPORTANCE OF
VOTER
REGISTRATION
 ◼ Some elections are won by a handful of votes – that
means your vote and your friends’ votes could change the
result of an entire election!
◼ Elections can be called at any time and at short notice. If
you’re not registered you won’t be able to vote! So don’t
wait until its too late – register today and you can
definitely have your say.
IMPORTANCE ◼ Across the world, people have died fighting for the right
to vote and to be part of a democracy. In South Africa, not
until the end of apartheid in 1994 were black people able
OF VOTER to vote for the first time. In was only as recent as 2005,
that women in Kuwait finally secured the right to vote
REGISTRATION and run for office! Today, many people across the world
are still denied the right to vote.
◼ And here’s another plus! When you register to vote, you
will get a Voter’s ID card that is used as a de facto
national ID, and is even accepted internationally in some
cases. Many local banks, financial and lending
institutions rely on our ID Cards to verify your identity.
WHY IS IT ◼ The Voters’ List is a fundamental component of any voting
IMPORTANT system. The primary purpose of the voters’ list is to
confirm the eligibility of voters to participate in
TO UPDATE parliamentary and local government elections. The Voters’
THE VOTERS List is printed every six months, May 31 and November 30
of each year.
LIST
ORGANIZATION RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ELECTION PROCESS IN
JAMAICA IS

◼ The Electoral Commission of Jamaica

◼ About the ECJ
◼ https://ecj.com.jm/about-the-ecj/about/
HW

◼ Who is the head of the ECJ?

◼ How can one check if they are on the voters list?