Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) candidate for Central and South Eleuthera Damian Gomez alleged yesterday that some of his supporters on the island were denied the opportunity to register to vote.
Gomez, an attorney, said if the concerns are not addressed by the end of the business day today, he would take legal action.
In a letter written to Parliamentary Commissioner Errol Bethel yesterday, Gomez said, "There are a number of persons who have supplied the officer deputized by the administrator in Governor's Harbour with copies of their mother's passports, their birth certificates and national insurance cards and in spite of this they have been refused registration."
Gomez alleged that the official in question is facilitating the registration of supporters who are loyal to the governing party.
However, Administrator Chrisfield Johnson said he has heard no such complaints.
Bethel said he has not yet read the letter and will not comment.
Johnson told The Nassau Guardian as far as he is concerned, the registration process is going well.
"From my point of view the question would be, 'how would I know who his voters are?'," Johnson said via telephone.
"Whoever has the proper documentation not only [has] a right to be registered, they could demand to be registered."
Gomez also alleged that a crippled man produced the proper documents, which were accepted, but the official in the office refused to walk downstairs in order to take the man's picture -- something that prevented him from getting his voter's card.
However, Johnson said he addressed a discrepancy with the person in question, adding, "I can't say that he is a supporter of Damian Gomez because how would I know that?"
Gomez said, "I have complained of the unequal treatment meted out to supporters of the Progressive Liberal Party, but it appears that the administrator is powerless in the disciplining of his deputy at the Governor's Harbour Administrator's Office."
"I don't really know who his people are," Johnson repeated, "and I don't know if anybody in my office who is responsible for registration will know who his people are.
"All I know is that if you come to the administrator's office and you have the right credentials you will be registered, if you don't more than likely you won't [get registered]."

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