A young community activist who campaigned in Fort Charlotte as an independent candidate in recent months failed to nominate yesterday, blaming circumstances beyond his control.
"It was a fight to this day from a journey that began two years ago," said Delroy Meadows in an announcement on his Facebook page.
"Rest assured, that everything that I began and plan to do, I will carry through in Parliament or out. The wisdom that I have gained on this road, the friendships, the experience, was, for me, all that I need. And I continue. Stay tuned."
Meadows told The Nassau Guardian that he had problems with his paperwork when he went to nominate.
The Free National Movement's candidate Zhivargo Laing and the Progressive Liberal Party's candidate Dr. Andre Rollins were among 133 candidates who nominated nationally yesterday.
Laing and Dr. Rollins will go head-to-head in Fort Charlotte.
It was not clear who Parliamentary Commissioner Errol Bethel was referring to when he said that one person did not nominate successfully because of money.
Candidates are required to pay a $400 deposit at nomination.
Bethel said generally, the nomination process went "quite smoothly" and he was very pleased with his department's management of nomination day.
Bethel said it appeared that all the major political parties' candidates were nominated, including some independents, "but not many".
When asked if anyone else had issues with paperwork or money, Bethel said: "Not to my knowledge. I am trying to get all of the documents so that I can release them to the public."
Of the eight candidates who were expected to run for the Bahamas Constitution Party (BCP) five were nominated, according to founder and BCP leader Ali McIntosh.
After initially promising to challenge Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham in North Abaco, McIntosh conceded yesterday that she would not be able to win that seat.
"We have been evaluating on the ground in Abaco and it seems there was a very wide shift back to Mr. Ingraham and so we just determined to make a change," she said.
"We want to be able to be in Parliament after the general election."
McIntosh was successfully nominated for Englerston and will challenge independent candidate Alex Morley; Democratic National Alliance candidate Nicholas Jacques; Free National Movement candidate Caron Shepard and Progressive Liberal Party MP Glenys Hanna-Martin.
Brenda Harris (Seabreeze); Simon Smith (Nassau Village); James Williams (South Beach) and Colin Miller (The Exumas and Ragged Island) were also nominated for the BCP yesterday.
McIntosh said three of the people who were expected to run for her party did not nominate.
She explained that they ran into "some personal situations" and the pressure of the election was a contributing factor with at least one of them, although she did not elaborate.
The BCP leader also said many undecided voters were now considering voting for the BCP and despite the "widespread support for the major parties...our candidates are not intimidated".

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