GENERAL ELECTIONS 1998

Appointment of  Assistant Electoral Commissioners

In accordance with  the  provisions of  sections  56, 57, 58 and 87  of the General Elections  Act,  1991,   the Electoral Commission  is to appoint  a  number  of  Assistant Electoral Commissioners   to  supervise  the poll.   The  Electoral Commission  shall  also  appoint  persons  to  count,  supervise  and  calculate  during  the counting of votes.    A  number  of  these  persons  will be  nominated  by  political parties  whilst  others  will be  nominated  by the Electoral Commission.

For  this  purpose,    the Electoral Commission  notifies  that  it will  receive  applications  from  persons,   whose  name  appears   in the April 1998   issue  of the Electoral Register,   to  serve  as  Assistant Electoral Commissioners  or  to  serve  as  counters,  supervisors   and  calculators  during  the counting of votes in the forthcoming  General Elections.      Applications  will be  received  by hand  by   the Electoral Commission  at  its  Office,    Evans Building,   St  Elmo  Square,    Valletta  and  at  the ID Cards  Office  at  Republic Street,  Rabat,  Gozo,   on  Thursday  6th  and  Friday  7th August  from  9.00 a.m.  to  1.00 p.m.  and from  2.00 p.m.  to  8.00 p.m.   Only applications accompanied by the applicant’s ID Card will be accepted and   application forms  sent  by post  will  not  be considered.     The  prescribed  application forms,  the  only ones  admissable,   may  be  obtained  on the same  dates  and  during  the same  hours,  from  the same  Offices.