{"id":375576,"date":"2022-09-08T06:01:36","date_gmt":"2022-09-07T20:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=375576"},"modified":"2022-09-08T06:01:36","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T20:01:36","slug":"21680-ballots-ordered-from-nebraska","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/21680-ballots-ordered-from-nebraska\/","title":{"rendered":"21,680 ballots ordered from Nebraska"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kayla S. Igitol and Robin N. Sablan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Commonwealth Election Commission executive director Kayla S. Igitol disclosed yesterday that she ordered 21,680 ballots from Nebraska-based Election Systems & Software for the Nov. 8 general elections.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re set,\u201d said CEC administrative officer Robin N. Sablan in a separate interview at CEC office in Susupe yesterday morning.<\/p>\n

Saipan Tribune opted not to ask more questions, through text messages, to Igitol as she was not feeling well and not in her office yesterday.<\/p>\n

Sablan said since they have over 18,000 voters, they just ordered 15% higher number of ballots from ES&S \u201cjust in case.\u201d<\/p>\n

As of Tuesday afternoon, there were 18,903 registered voters in the CNMI for the Nov. 8 general elections.<\/p>\n

Sablan said they already sent, through an email, to ES&S the ballots\u2019 layout that the board had already approved.<\/p>\n

So now we\u2019re just waiting on the ballot on how they look and everything,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Sablan said the layout was sent to ES&S, which will then forward the final layout for Igitol\u2019s approval.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs soon as they print that, they\u2019ll send us by batches because we open\u00a0 up early voting early and we want to make sure there\u2019s enough\u00a0 ballots for absentee requesters. We want to send them out\u00a0 as soon as we get the ballots,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Sablan said ES&S is going to send to Saipan a technician to check the counting machines before election and also a technician for election day on standby.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re already been notified. They\u2019re actually calling us, asking us the dates of our election day and early voting. So we gave that information already,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Sablan said tomorrow, Friday, is the last day of registration to vote and they\u2019re open at 7:30am and even lunch time, but will be closing at 4:30pm that day.<\/p>\n

He said during previous Saturdays they were open, but because this Friday is the deadline to register, they\u2019re no longer open on Saturdays.<\/p>\n

Sablan urged those who have not registered yet to come down as soon as possible before the Friday deadline.<\/p>\n

\u201cRe-register if you want your name to be changed or your address, your precinct,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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