Palau will elect a new president, a vice president and members of the Senate and the House of Delegates. Voters will also decide on several proposed constitutional amendments.
Eileen Kintol, Palau’s consul on Saipan, said the polling center at Marianas High School’s Building E will open at 7 a.m. and close at 9 p.m.
Palau has amended its election law to extend by two-hours the absentee voting in the CNMI, Guam and Hawaii.
Palau Election Commissioner Santos Borja will arrive today to lead a five-man team that will supervise the absentee voting here.
Kintol said Palau’s registered voters on Tinian and Rota are urged to be on Saipan to cast their votes.
“Everything now is ready,” Kintol told Variety.
Around 300 to 500 voters are expected to cast their ballots on Saturday, she said.
Under the Palau election code, Kintol said, all candidates and their campaign officials have to stay at least 500 ft. away from a voting center.
Presidential candidate Johnson Toribiong and his running mate Delegate Kerai Mariur will hold their grand political rally at the Garapan Fishing Base starting at 6 p.m. today.
As of press time last night, it was not known whether their opponents, Vice President Elias Camsek Chin and running mate Senate Floor Leader Alan Seid, would also hold a campaign rally here.
Kintol said the Palau Election Commission is coordinating with the CNMI Department of Public Safety to ensure that the ballot boxes will be secured.
She said the ballot boxes from Saipan will be brought to Palau on the following day so the votes can be counted simultaneously with the ballots cast on Nov. 4.
For more information, contact the Palau Consulate at 235-6804.
