WASHINGTON, USA – The Organization of American States (OAS) has begun the deployment of its Electoral Observation Mission (EOM) for the 2025 General Elections in Jamaica.
The OAS/EOM, led by former prime minister of Saint Lucia Kenny Anthony, will comprise 23 experts and observers from 16 countries. The Mission will focus its observation on the management of the election, boundaries, electoral technology, political-electoral financing, electoral justice, and the political participation of women.
On August 29, members of the Mission will observe police, military and election day workers cast their ballots. On September 3, Election Day, the Mission will visit polling stations to observe the entire electoral process, from the opening of the polls to the counting and processing of results. Ahead of the polls, the chief of Electoral Mission and the OAS team will meet with government and electoral authorities, political parties and candidates, representatives of civil society, and other stakeholders to hear their perspectives on the ongoing electoral process.
The OAS/EOM will present its Preliminary Report with observations and recommendations that seek to strengthen the country’s democratic and electoral processes, in the days after the election.
This is the fourth Electoral Observation Mission that the OAS has deployed in Jamaica, and it is made possible thanks to the financial contributions of Canada, Chile, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Peru, Spain, Switzerland and the United States.