Collect renewed voter ID cards – EOJ

With a general election anticipated later this year, the Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) is urging electors to collect their renewed voter identification (ID) cards.

The call comes as the EOJ intensifies efforts to ensure smoother voting experiences and improved efficiency at polling stations on Election Day.

"At this time, we have approximately 120,000 voter ID cards in our offices waiting to be collected by electors. We did a renewal exercise in 2019 and we had quite a few persons who renewed their voter ID cards, but did not come to collect them," Daynia Harper, manager, public relations and communications at the EOJ told JIS News.

She further stated that many of the uncollected cards belong to individuals who registered to vote as far back as 2016, receiving the ID card that would have expired in 2019, but was later extended until 2021. These cards were automatically renewed by the EOJ, but thousands of electors have yet to retrieve them. Harper also advised persons whose ID cards were not automatically renewed, to move forward with the renewal process, noting that the voter ID card is a crucial document that confirms a person's eligibility to vote.

The voter ID cards were updated to meet international standards, with new design and security features added.