We’re coming down to the wire to find just who is and isn’t going to seek office in the 22 May general election.
Wednesday is nomination day. Those wishing to run have between 8am and 3pm to have their names put forward as candidates and sign their names indicating they agree.
Nominations take place in each district.
If there are more individuals nominated than the district has seats in the Legislative Assembly, an election is called.
Once nominations are made, ballots for the election will be printed and candidates have eight full weeks to campaign.
Many in the Cayman Islands call the run-up to nomination day and the eight weeks of campaigning the “silly season”.
It is so called because this is the time that rumours and innuendos fly with candidates telling half truths and downright lies about those who oppose them in the election. The free-for-all gets rancourous and rude.
We would hope that this election year those seeking our vote remain civil with each other and us as individuals. Please keep the rhetoric to a minimum and address the important issues that face the Cayman Islands now and in the future.
The Caymanian Compass is putting forward some of those issues each Tuesday and Thursday in hopes that electors will go to the polls armed with fair and balanced information.
This week we focus on Sunday trading and the all important issue of the territory’s rollover policy.
While we have a list of issues that we would like to see candidates address, we also want to hear from you. If there is a burning issue you think candidates need to address, let us know. Send an e-mail to [email protected].
In the run-up to the election we plan to publish as much helpful information as we can so that voters can have open and frank discussions with those who would wish to lead us.
While some call this the silly season, we all must remember that elections in the Cayman Islands are anything but silly.
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