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It is highly unlikely that you are registered to vote in the June 2009
European Parliament elections in Malta



Dear British Expat,



As a European Union taxpayer residing in Malta, you are entitled to be
informed of your EU rights and to have a say in the democratic process of
your adopted country.



However, the most recently updated electoral registers for Malta and Gozo
reveal that of the 18,000 resident non-Maltese EU citizens registered on the
local council electoral rolls, only 1,000 of us are likewise registered on
the European Parliament one.



It is highly likely, therefore, that you are one of the 17,000 resident
non-Maltese EU taxpayers who, at present, have no vote in the European
Parliament election in Malta.



Nevertheless, if you register by March 31st 2009, you will be able to
exercise your EU right to vote in the European Parliament elections,
scheduled for June 2009.

To exercise this right you may avail of the following link, for your
convenience and that of your friends, relatives and colleagues, to download
and print the 2-page prescribed European Parliament voter registration form:
(In English)

<http://www.electoral.gov.mt/getresource.aspx?id=79>
http://www.electoral.gov.mt/getresource.aspx?id=79

This form is also available at your local Identity Card office, which you
must visit in order to enrol on the electoral register for the European
Parliament.

Please bring:



1) Your valid passport/s, if any.



2) Your Maltese identity card (even if expired), if any.



3) A national identification document, if any, of your country of origin.



For identity card holders, resident in Malta:



Identity Card Office

Evans Building, Saint Elmo Place,

Valletta VLT 2000


(Near the Mediterranean Conference Centre)



Malta opening hours:



Monday to Friday: From 7.30am till 2.00pm

Wednesday afternoons: From 3.00pm till 6.00pm

Saturdays: From 7.30am till 10.30am



Telephone: 25-583133 or 21-231245

E-mail address: electoral.office@...



For identity card holders, resident in Gozo:



Passport Office / Identity Card Office

28A, St. Francis Square

Victoria

(Near the Ministry of Gozo)



Gozo opening hours:



Monday to Friday: 7.45 till 11.30am



Telephone: 21-556317

E-mail address: electoral.office@...



Should you seek clarification regarding these procedures or wish to
ascertain if you are, at present, enrolled on the European Parliament
electoral register, please e-mail your name, surname, locality and full
postal address, corresponding to that printed on your identity card, to:



Mr. Oisin Jones-Dillon (Irish-Maltese citizen) at: jonesdillon@...



Please note the following guidelines regarding electoral procedure in Malta
and Gozo.



A few weeks before polling day, the police personally call on each
registered voter to deliver a printed voting document which displays your
personal details including photograph and the polling station where you can
cast your vote.



If you are not at home, the Electoral Commission publicizes where and how
you can collect your voting document, first from the local police station
(For Saint Paul's Bay, revert to Qawra police station) or local council
office and subsequently from the Electoral Office. Please bring both your
identity card and voting document with you to the polling station on
Election Day in order to cast your vote.



The voting system



Who am I voting for? Five Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) to
represent Malta and Gozo.



How to vote? The ballot paper lists the name of each candidate along with
their party name, party logo and address.

Rank the candidates in order of preference. Put a 1 next to your first
choice candidate, a 2 next to your second choice, a 3 next to your third
choice, and so on. You can rank as few or as many candidates as you like.

If you make a mistake then you can ask the polling staff to give you another
ballot paper.

You may also be voting in local council elections, using the same electoral
system, on the same day.



Who is elected? To be elected a candidate must reach a set amount of votes
known as the quota.

The votes are counted in stages. In the first stage only first preferences
are counted. Anyone who reaches the quota is elected. Any votes received
over the quota are not needed by the elected candidate and so are
transferred to the second preference.

If not enough candidates have then reached the quota, the candidate with the
lowest number of votes is eliminated and all of their votes are passed to
the next preference on the ballot papers. This process is repeated until all
five candidates have been elected.



Yours faithfully,



Oisin Jones-Dillon



'Mario'

Flat 1

11, Katerina Vitale Street

Xemxija Heights

Saint Paul's Bay SPB 4262



Tel: 21-577813



Mobile: 79-324845



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