POLICE are investigating whether an election candidate or supporters in a St Helier district may have broken a new election law.
Assistant Judicial Greffier Advocate Paul Matthews contacted the police after a member of his staff became suspicious about some postal voting applications. It is believed that the applications in question had been made in relation to voters in St Helier No 2 District. The penalty, if found guilty of such an offence, is a fine of up to £2,000.
A new amendment to the Public Elections Law, which came into force on 31 October, makes it an offence for an election candidate or representative of a candidate to complete or assist a person to complete an application form to register as a postal or pre-poll voter.
Advocate Matthews confirmed to the JEP that it was brought to his attention last week by a staff member that there might have been irregularities with some postal voting application forms in a St Helier district. ‘I asked the police to carry out an investigation into possible irregularities,’ he said.
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