POSTAL AND MOBILE VOTING

 

In the Cayman Islands, postal ballots and mobile voting provide the means for individuals who are unable to attend the polling station on Election Day in person to vote. The 2009 Elections Law introduced mobile voting to allow persons to vote at mobile polling locations, homes or other places such as nursing homes and hospitals should they wish to do so.  These provisions have continued in the 2021 Elections Act.

 

The following individuals qualify for Postal Ballots.

 

  1. Voters who are already registered on the Official Register of Electors and are living off-island, such as students and persons away for medical care.
  2. Voters on the Official Register of Electors who are living in the Cayman Islands but will be travelling off-island or will be off-island on Election day (14 APR 2021). These voters can apply for a postal ballot as soon as they have purchased airline tickets showing that they will be away on Election Day.
  3. These ballot papers will be delivered by courier and should arrive within 2-3 business days. In the case of ballots being delivered to voters who are on-island, the completed ballots can be sealed and returned to the Returning Officer at the Elections Office by hand or local courier.

 

The following individuals qualify for Mobile Voting.

 

  1. Those who are or are likely to be in a hospital, rest home or other similar institution on Election Day or because they are a geriatric at home.
  2. Those who are blind or have any other physical incapacity and are unable to go in person to the polling station or unable to go unaided.
  3. Those who are unable to go in person to the polling station because of the general nature of that person's occupation, service or employment.
  4. Persons working during Election Day (e.g. polling staff, police, medical personnel etc.) may vote early by applying for mobile voting and casting their vote at a mobile voting station on a prescribed day during the week before the Election Day. 

 

Postal ballot and Mobile Voting applications are now being accepted by the Elections Office.

 

THE DEADLINE FOR POSTAL BALLOT & MOBILE VOTING APPLICATIONS IS 06 April 2021

 

 

HOW TO APPLY FOR POSTAL BALLOTS

You can request an overseas postal ballot if you are a registered voter who is living off-island, such as students and persons away for medical care.

You can request a locally delivered postal ballot if you are a registered voter living in the Cayman Islands but will be away from the islands on Election Day.

Those wishing to apply for postal ballots are required to provide the following information to the Elections Office.

  1. Completed Form B (available at elections.ky or at the Elections Office at 68 West Bay Road, Bay Town Office Suites, George Town, Grand Cayman
  2. Photo identification (e.g. voter ID card or passport)

IF RESIDENT ON THE ISLANDS BUT WILL BE AWAY FOR ELECTION DAY –

  1. A copy of purchased airline tickets showing the individual will be travelling or off-island on Election Day.
    1. Please note, only purchased tickets will be accepted. Reservations that have not been paid for in full do not qualify
  2. Clearly print the local street address for ballots to be delivered locally.

 

IF CURRENTLY AWAY AND WILL BE AWAY FOR ELECTION DAY

  1. Clearly print the full overseas street address for postal ballot to be couriered to.

 

COMPLETED Postal Ballot Requests (Form B) along with supporting documents:

Emailed to address This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

or

Dropped off at our office on 68 West Bay Road, George Town Grand Cayman

 

 

HOW TO APPLY FOR MOBILE VOTING

If you are a registered voter on the Official Register of Electors and are unable or unlikely to be able to go in person to the polling station, that voter can request mobile voting. Note - Postal ballots are not permitted for persons who will be physically in the Cayman Islands on Election Day.

In cases where the Registering Officer approves mobile voting, Elections Office mobile teams will consist of a presiding officer, poll clerk, logistic officers, police officer and appointed observers. 

The mobile voting teams will visit persons during the weeks before the Election Day to allow the individual to vote at their requested location within the Cayman Islands.

Voters wishing to apply for mobile voting are required to provide the following information to the Elections Office.

  1. Completed Form C (available at www.elections.ky or at the Elections Office at 68 West Bay Road, Bay Town Office Suites, George Town), setting out the reasons mobile voting is being requested
    1. Photo identification (e.g. voter ID card or passport)

 

 

Application forms for postal voting (Form B) and mobile voting (Form C) are available online from https://www.elections.ky or can also be collected in person from the Elections Office at 68 West Bay Road, Bay Town Office Suites, George Town.

 

COMPLETED Mobile voting (Form C) along with supporting documents can be:

Emailed to  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

or

Dropped off at our offices on 68 West Bay Road, George Town, Grand Cayman.