The Electoral Commission of Antigua & Barbuda has released its latest official progress update for April 2026, confirming that more than half of all eligible voters across the country have successfully finished replacing their outdated voter identification cards. The ongoing national card replacement initiative, a key preparatory step for upcoming electoral processes, shows uneven but broadly steady progress across the country’s 17 parliamentary constituencies, with completion rates ranging from just over the 50% threshold to a high of 87% in the northern parish of St Peter.
To date, the commission has processed a cumulative total of 29,427 replacement applications, with 6,076 of those requests completed in the month of April alone. Breaking down weekly activity for the period 12 to 18 April, the body recorded 2,105 finalized replacement applications, with most of the week’s work concentrated in the first three working days. Daily data shows that April 13 saw the highest volume of processed applications, at 793, followed by 605 completed requests on April 14 and 501 on April 15. No application processing activity was documented from April 16 through 18, consistent with standard public service operational schedules in the country. Alongside the replacement of existing voter cards, the commission also accepted and processed 257 applications from first-time eligible voters seeking to register on the national electoral roll during that same seven-day window.
Beyond the parish-level standings, the weekly data reveals particularly strong engagement across both urban and rural constituencies located within the St John’s electoral district. Two constituencies in the area, St John’s Rural West and All Saints West, posted some of the highest weekly application processing totals nationwide, outperforming many other regions. At the lower end of the completion spectrum, two constituencies — St Mary’s North and St John’s Rural West — sit just above the 50% mark, with 54% and 55% of eligible voters having completed the replacement process respectively. After St Peter’s leading 87% completion rate, the island of Barbuda ranks second at 76%, followed closely by St Philip North at 75%. Most constituencies have now crossed the 55% completion threshold, marking consistent forward momentum for the national initiative.
Electoral officials have not yet announced a formal final deadline for the card replacement process, but they continue to actively urge all eligible voters to complete their applications as soon as possible. The program is gradually moving toward full national coverage, with officials working to expand outreach and processing capacity to bring remaining unregistered eligible voters into the system ahead of any upcoming electoral events.