Last chance to register to vote in historic referendum

Thursday 04 October 2018

With less than a week to go until Guernsey's first referendum, many people say they are yet to make up their minds which way to vote.

There have been calls for island wide voting for years but when it comes to the crunch it is unclear how many people will support that idea at the polling stations next week.

Hundreds of people were at last night's hustings, while thousands more have watched the livestream filmed on Facebook.

The five options in the referendum on island wide voting were presented to the public by Deputy Peter Ferbrache (Option A), Caroline McManus (B), Deputy Richard Graham (C), Deputy Barry Brehaut (D) and Deputy Matt Fallaize (E).

During the hustings, chaired by Jurat Stephen Jones, they each answered questions on their preferred method of electing deputies with reasons given for and against the current system, larger districts, full island voting and variations of it.

Pictured: The five options in the referendum on island wide voting. 

Many other people may miss out on the chance to vote because they are not registered.

Anyone who is over the age of 16 can vote, so long as they meet the residency rules. If you were registered to vote in 2016, you should still be on the electoral roll, unless you've moved house and haven't updated your details.

You can check if you're registered to vote at gov.gg

Pictured: You can check if you're on the electoral roll at gov.gg.

The deadline for registering on the electoral roll or applying for a postal vote is 23:59 today, Thursday 4 October. Further details are available here or here.

Pictured: Guernsey's referendum on island wide voting is now less than a week away.