HAMILTON, Bermuda – Voters who believe government should hold a referendum on gaming have one more week to sign a petition calling for a ballot.
A pressure group launched the petition in January after Government dropped a pre-election pledge to let the public decide if the activity should be legalised.
Campaign organiser Jonathan Starling said his group had now almost completed the task of reviewing and validating signatures, and will keep the petition in circulation for another week in “a last push” for support.
Although a final number has yet to be confirmed, in February Starling estimated that around 4 000 people had signed the petition.
Starling said: “Our team is going over the collected petition signatures and comparing them with the Parliamentary Register, painstakingly removing duplicates, names not appearing on the register and signatures that are not legible.
“While we respect all residents of Bermuda, we felt that it was only responsible that this petition should only include voters, seeing as only voters would be eligible to participate in any referendum.
“We still have to round up some additional petition sheets with collected signatures still out in the community. We are in the process of ensuring that all petition signatures are fully accounted for and included in the final submission. We will allow another week and provide the voting public a last opportunity to sign the petition. (Bermuda Sun)
