As the September 7, 2026 by-election for Dominica’s Roseau North Constituency approaches, local electoral authorities have implemented a key adjustment to voting infrastructure to streamline the process for electors. The Electoral Office of Dominica has confirmed it will expand polling capacity in District No. 9, one of the constituency’s voting districts, increasing the total number of polling stations from four to five.
The change came after a comprehensive review of current voting arrangements and updated elector counts for each existing station. According to the official announcement, the additional polling station is specifically designed to cut down on wait times, boost overall voting efficiency, and alleviate overcrowding that could disrupt voting operations on election day.
District No. 9 serves three population centers: Gutter Village, Tarish Pit, and portions of the Goodwill neighborhood. Notably, all five polling stations will be housed within the same location: Goodwill Primary School. To organize voting flows, officials have divided electors across the five stations alphabetically by surname: the first station handles voters with last names from A to C, the second from D to G, third from H to L, fourth from M to R, and the newly added station will accommodate all voters with surnames from S to Z.
Electoral officials have issued a public call to action, urging all registered voters in District No. 9 to double-check their assigned polling station well in advance of election day. The office has also reminded electors that they are required to cast their ballots at the specific station they have been allocated to, in order to avoid processing delays or voting complications.
In a statement, the Electoral Office emphasized that this capacity adjustment is just one part of its broader ongoing efforts to deliver an electoral process that is orderly, accessible to all registered voters, and efficient. The ultimate goal of the change, officials noted, is to guarantee that every eligible voter can successfully cast their ballot within the official designated polling hours on September 7.