Pledge for electronic voting by 2025

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Pledge for electronic voting by 2025

WESTERN BUREAU: Outgoing Attorney General Marlene Malahoo Forte has promised that Jamaicans will be able to cast their votes remotely by the next general election, due constitutionally in September 2025. Speaking with The Gleaner, the member of...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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