DeFreitas on the lookout for voter-stacking and appeals to City South constituents to report it

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Franz deFreitas, the United Progressive Party (UPP) Candidate for St. John’s City South, is expressing concern about voter fraud in the upcoming general elections.

DeFreitas says there have been reports of voter-stacking in the constituency, where Steadroy “Cutie” Benjamin is the incumbent Antigua Labour Party (ALP) representative.

Accordingly, the UPP Candidate  is encouraging persons to contact him and report any evidence of this type of activity.

DeFreitas says his team has canvassed St. John’s City South and has discovered some inconsistencies being facilitated by landlords.

The UPP representative says he is hoping to challenge any illegality in the courts to prevent voter fraud.

Further, deFreitas says he has been made aware of  instances in previous elections in which persons voted by assuming the identities of dead people.

Elections are constitutionally due in Antigua and Barbuda in 2023, but Prime Minister Gaston Browne has hinted there will be early polls once again. (REAL NEWS)

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28 COMMENTS

  1. Perhaps because he is new, he may be excused, but we have something called a claim and objection period. The list with new constituents is publicly displayed, for period of time and its within that time (about 21 days) persons must lodge objections, if any. Note these should be legitimatize objection not something based on for eg, a dream, or something you heard that you can’t backup. These objections need to be made to the registration officer in the affected constituency. A hearing would then occur if warranted. The following ANR article spells out the transfer process https://antiguanewsroom.com/heres-how-to-apply-for-a-transfer-to-the-constituency-where-you-now-reside/

    • Tenman I have heard stories that once the person gets on the list it’s virtually impossible to get them off. This is because the person objecting must prove that the person don’t reside at the address, as opposed to the person providing proof that they live at a particular address.

      The big question for the UPP candidate is what kind of weak scrutinizers they have in these registration offices?

      • Yep, the deed is done once they are on the final list. No court touching that. Telling thing is you can’t even register when a UPP or ALP scrutinizer takes a lunch break. Locals like me have to show we have lived in the constituency for 6 months (law changed just before the 2014 elections) vs overseas Antiguan’s (eg CIP people) 30 days

        • So Gaston is going to register all CIP passport holders to vote? There should be at lease 100,000 of them when you hear of the large proceeds from CIP. Do the math. Guess some people have houses in Jolly Harbour which can be used as their abode.

  2. So predictable 🙄😴😒 typical weak lame arse tactic so that when he lose the election he can use this unfounded claim as an excuse. It’s either this or the “foreigners” let labour party win excuse 🤣🤣🤣🤣
    Come better than that jack upp!

    • Were you one of those jokers at the capital building on January 6th? Careful the FBI may be looking for you. Ip address can be traced so pseudonym may not help you.

  3. Isn’t this the very reason Joanne Massiah excused herself from the UPP leadership race against Harold Lovell? I believe Damani and Richard Lewis may have seen the video of the “free and fair” voting that took place at Multipurpose Center when Harold “emerged” as the “leader”

    A guilty conscience needs no accuser. Evil thinks what evil does

    • What’s telling is it was this alleged fear why the UPP amended the act before the 2014 elections and made a unconstitutional change. They changed it so that persons who lived in A&B have to prove residency in a constituency of 6 months formerly it was 30 days. However for A&B persons who lived abroad (eg. the now over 6K CIP recipients), they only need show 30 days. UPP, just can’t stop shooting itself in the foot

    • Me hear one of the people famous for bull foot soup phoning in to Browne and Browne show asking for Chet Green’s phone number. I guess she wanted to know the reward for getting more bull foot soup lovers on the voting roll.

  4. UPP clown show…All UPP Candidates and DANE KNIGHT are the BIGGEST CLOWN in the history of CARIBBEAN POLITICS.
    Where is Serpent ? I heard Serpent QUIT the race. Better late than never.

    • Yes I heard so too – that Algernon Watts quit and gone away to get away from Lovell and the jokey UPP!! If true, who can blame him? He himself is a joke and needs to invest quality time and money on his children, especially the one in Timothy Harris country next door to Antigua.

  5. You people are as nasty as Cooks Dump. Franz De Freitas and Steadroy Benjamin meet the requirements to run for Public Offices. They are of age,a Antigua dem barn. He,like Steadroy have those rights to run for any damn offices in Antigua and Barbuda as they see fit. The Nation is not willed to any one. I am coming down to run.Who wants to stop me from running? There were outside interferences in the last two elections. Gaston Browne did say,Yida gave a huge contribution. Then there was a crocus bag of money that left Antigua to Barbuda and back to Antigua. When the Treasurer of the Barbuda Council asked where the monies came from. She was suspended by the Council. Ask Arthur Nibbs,a way dee money garne.Antigua is for sale to the highest bidder with the fake deep pockets.It is a beautiful early morning in Bern,34 degrees.

    • When a nar “outside interferences”, a “FOREIGNERS” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 upp always with the weak mekkup pathetic excuses in the face of defeat. UPP don’t like people, much less “foreigners”. This is why Richard Lewis didn’t stand a chance as it’s leader – all because he married a “foreigner” according to upp. Can’t tell a man which woman he supposed to marry. BTW, where is Harold Lovell’s wife? She missing, kidnapped, alive, estranged, or separated from King Lyadd???

    • @ NO HOPE BETTY—-Unlike Gaston “Cartoon” Browne,Donald Trump loves his Country and its Citizens. Gaston Browne no lob are you. He uses are you like old brooms.Then when finished discard of you all like trash.COOKS DUMP HERE THEY COME !!

  6. @Bluddy Bloke: Doomed to fail,you say. Stupidity is an earthly gift. Did you get more of that gift than most of us?

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