List Of Polling Stations For General Election

With voters set to head to the polls, a look at the locations of polling stations for the 2020 General Election  — 36 in total, marking one for each of the Island’s constituencies — is below, with the information courtesy of the Parliamentary Registry’s official website:

Polling Station Rules;

• Acceptable forms of Identification for voting;
  • A valid and signed Bermuda Drivers Licence
  • A valid and signed Voters Identification Card
  • A valid Passport issued by a commonwealth country
  • A valid Special Person’s card issued by the Transport Control Department
• The use of electronic hand held devices is prohibited inside of the polling place. This includes; mobile phones, tablets, cameras, go pros etc.
• No helmets or hoods

Vote In 6 Steps:

• Enter polling station, and election worker greets you and shows you to the registration table
• At your registration table, show your valid Identification
• Election worker will stamp back of ballot, fold & hand you a ballot
• Go into voting booth, mark, fold your ballot to keep it secret
• Put your ballot in the box
• Exit the building

Polling Stations

• 1. St. George’s North – East End Primary School
• 2. St. George’s West – Penno’s Wharf Cruise Ship Terminal
• 3. St. Davids – Clearwater Middle School
• 4. St. George’s South – Holy Trinity Church Hall
• 5. Hamilton East – Francis Patton Primary School
• 6. Hamilton West – Midland Heights Seventh Day Adventist Church Hall
• 7. Hamilton South – Harrington Sound Primary School
• 8. Smith’s South – Whitney Institute Middle School
• 9. Smith’s West – St. Patrick’s Church Hall
• 10. Smith’s North – Somersfield Academy
• 11. Devonshire East – Christ Church Devonshire
• 12. Devonshire South Central – Horticultural Hall, Botanical Gardens
• 13. Devonshire North Central – CedarBridge Academy
• 14. Devonshire North West – Prospect Primary School
• 15. Pembroke East – National Sports Center, Sports Pavilion
• 16. Pembroke East Central – Victor Scott Primary School
• 17. Pembroke Central – Northlands Primary School
• 18. Pembroke West Central – Berkeley Institute
• 19. Pembroke West – West Pembroke Primary School
• 20. Pembroke South West – Dellwood Middle School
• 21. Pembroke South East – Hamilton Seventh Day Adventist Church Hall
• 22. Paget East – Bermuda College
• 23. Paget West – St. Paul’s Church Hall, Paget
• 24. Warwick South East – Warwick Seventh Day Adventist Church Hall
• 25. Warwick North East – Bright Temple AME Church Hall
• 26. Warwick South Central – St. Mary’s Church Hall
• 27. Warwick North Central – Purvis Primary School
• 28. Warwick West – Windreach Recreational Village
• 29. Southampton East – Warwick Camp
• 30. Southampton East Central – Heron Bay Primary School
• 31. Southampton West Central – Mount Zion AME Church Hall
• 32. Southampton West – Dalton E. Tucker Primary School
• 33. Sandys South – Somers Isle Lodge
• 34. Sandys South Central – West End Primary School
• 35. Sandys North Central – St. James Church Hall
• 36. Sandys North – Somerset Primary School

As far as precautions due to the pandemic, the official website said:

Inside the Polling Station(s)

• Candidates, voters and staff must wear masks at all times
• Physical distancing of at least 6 feet must be maintained during any queuing and voters must wear a mask.
• Voters will be required to have their temperatures checked and must use hand sanitizers provided before entering the polling station.
• Erect signage throughout the polling station to remind voters to follow the physical distancing requirements, hand hygiene, and the need to wear masks.
• A copy of this guidance document must be prominently displayed within the polling station.
• Establish measures to manage traffic flow throughout the polling station, such as floor markings and barriers.
• Physical distancing must also be maintained in the bike/bar parking lot.

The polling station staff must take all reasonable steps to ensure that all voters and candidates maintain appropriate physical distancing. This means maintaining a separation of at least 6 feet between persons.

Restrooms

• Only one person will be allowed to use the restroom facilities at any given time.

Hand hygiene Sanitization / Cleaning

• Sanitization: there will be accessible and visible sanitizing products for voters and staff, with hand sanitizers placed at each entrance.
• Polling station managers will ensure that staff regularly wash their hands and use hand sanitizers provided.
• All surfaces will be regularly sanitized.
• Frequently Touched Areas such as booth counters, handrails, pens/pencils, door handles, keyboards and other reusable guest and staff contact items will be sanitized after use or as often as possible.

Staff and Voters Health and Wellbeing

• No staff with symptoms should be allowed to work. They will be sent home and advised to contact their medical practitioner. If the temperature reading is above 37.5 degrees Celsius (99.5°F) employees will be told to seek medical advice, and will not work until medically cleared.

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