The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) says that tomorrow, Tuesday, January 5, 2016, is the deadline for the submission of applications for approval of symbols to contest the upcoming Local Government Elections.
A statement from GECOM said that all political parties, voluntary groups, and individual candidates who are desirous of contesting the Local Government Elections to be held on March 18, 2016, are required to submit applications for approval of their symbols to GECOM not later than 21 days before Nomination Day for the Elections.
Nomination Day for the polls is Tuesday, January 26, 2016.
The statement said that applications for approval of symbols, which must include printed versions (and electronic versions as far as is practicable) of the symbols must be submitted to GECOM no later than tomorrow. It said that applications can be submitted through the Office of the Chief Election Officer, or via the Returning Officers for the respective municipalities and neighbourhood democratic councils.
Any List of Candidates submitted by any political party, voluntary group or individual candidates on Nomination Day, without the required pre-approved symbol, will be deemed defective.
The defaulting applicant would consequently be ineligible to contest the pols, GECOM said.
