Robert Guerrero, the commission’s executive director, and administrative officer Julita Villagomez flew yesterday to Rota to conduct a workshop for poll workers, Variety was told.
Each political party is allowed to have a certain number of poll workers to help in the orderly conduct of the election process.
Poll workers on Saipan and Tinian will or have been briefed about their duties on Election Day.
A total of 16,146 registered to vote for this year’s general elections, including absentee voters.
The commission said polling places will be opened this Saturday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
A ban on selling alcohol will be observed throughout the islands during the period.
Hotels, resorts and Managaha, which cater to tourists, are exempted from the alcohol ban.
Confined registered voters or those with disabilities, afflicted with sickness or are staying at the hospital will be allowed to vote from 7 a.m. through 12 noon at their location through a special election service.
Nov. 6 is the last day to make a personal appearance at the multi-purpose center in Susupe to get an absentee ballot.
The commission printed 18,000 ballots which are machine readable for counting purposes.
Four small and two big counting machines will be used to tabulate the votes.
Rota and Tinian will start the counting first with each island getting one electronic tabulating/counting device.
The machines will then be brought to Saipan which has the largest voting population at 13,088.
