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Omc, Sam Get Sufficient Signatures To Contest Election, Ece Falls Short

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Source: The Daily Herald 04 Jul 2024 01:30 PM

OMC leader Olivier ArriNDell aND members of his team at the Government Building. (John Halley photo)

PHILIPSBURG--Oualichi Movement for Change (OMC) aND Soualiga Action Movement (SAM) on Wednesday secured sufficient sigSPArty/23/national-alliance'>NAtures to contest the August 19, sSPArty/23/national-alliance'>NAp parliamentary elections on ENDorsement Day held at the Department of Civil Registry at the Government Building from 9:00am to 4:00pm. Each party had to obtain a total of 144 sigSPArty/23/national-alliance'>NAtures from eligible voters aND both parties surpassed this number.

Chairperson of the Central Voting Bureau SPArty/23/national-alliance'>NAthalie Tackling speaking to a reporter at the Government Building. (John Halley photo)

SAM was the first to reach the 144 sigSPArty/23/national-alliance'>NAture target by the 11:00am update, when it obtained 166 sigSPArty/23/national-alliance'>NAtures. Once it reached its threshold, the SAM team actively stopped aND left the Government Building as was agreed to in a meeting with the Central Voting Bureau. The agreement was made in order to allow the Census Office to continue to provide regular service to the public. Although SAM left, by 4:00pm it had obtained 185 sigSPArty/23/national-alliance'>NAtures.

SAM leader NDidate' href='/newspolitician/399/franklin-meyers'>Franklin Meyers aND some caNDidates at the Government Building. (John Halley photo)

OMC reached its target by the 1:00pm update with 164 sigSPArty/23/national-alliance'>NAtures aND by 4:00pm OMC had obtained 215 sigSPArty/23/national-alliance'>NAtures.

By 4:00pm, Empire Culture Empowerment (ECE) had only obtained 27 sigSPArty/23/national-alliance'>NAtures. ECE will get another opportunity to get the required number of sigSPArty/23/national-alliance'>NAtures today, Thursday, at the Census Office from 9:00am to 4:00pm.

Franklin Meyers mentioned 1 time

National Alliance [NA] mentioned 13 times
St Maarten Patriotic Alliance [SPA] mentioned 8 times
New Direction St. Martin [ND] mentioned 9 times
Empire Culture Empowerment [ECE] mentioned 3 times
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