The St. Maarten Chamber of Commerce & Industry hereby reminds all eligible voters that their voting cards can be obtained at the Chamber’s office until Election Day, Friday December 2, 2011, 12.00 noon.
All eligible voters are advised to bring along some form of photo identification on Election Day.
Voters are encouraged to participate and support the candidate that will best represent their interest.
The Electorate
Voters for Large Businesses are those entitled to vote, whose names appear in the Chamber’s Commercial Registry as involved in an established company whose minimum capital investment is one hundred thousand guilders (Fls.100,000.00). Voters with less than one hundred thousand guilders capital investment are classified as Small Businesses.
Entitled To Vote Are:
Residents (those registered with the Chamber Commercial Registry Office) of Dutch citizenship/nationality
Who for one year, immediately preceding the making up of the Register of Voters, appear in the Chamber Commercial Registry as: owner, partner, manager, deputy manager, managing director, supervisory director, general attorney or proxy holders (with no limitations).
Excluded From Voting Are:
Prisoners, persons put in a ward because of insanity, persons adjudged bankrupt, etc.
Eligibility for Board Membership
Eligible are those who meet the following requirements:
Dutch Residents, registered for the last two years;
Minimum of 18 years of age per 15 August 2011;
No incompatibilities (more persons in the same business);
Not excluded from eligibility (see entitled to vote).
Duration of Membership
A term of office lasts three years. Each year, one third of the membership resigns and vacates their position on the board. Temporary vacancies: also stepping down by rotation.
Voluntary resignation
Dismissal by law