NASSAU, The Bahamas - The Bahamas welcomed a team of electoral observers from the Organisation of American States (OAS) and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to observe its General Elections on May 7, 2012.
An agreement was signed between The Bahamas Parliamentary Registration Department and the General Secretariat of the OAS on the Electoral Observation Process. It established the scope and coverage of the electoral observation mission in question.

The Bahamas has guaranteed conditions of security, free access to information and full cooperation with the electoral observation mission. The teams have also been granted permission to visit with leaders of the political parties and members of Civil Society who can give further insight into The Bahamas' electoral process.
The CARICOM observers have also been granted the same latitude. However the OAS entered into a formal agreement in accordance with the principles and norms of the organisation. The OAS has a team of 18 and CARICOM a team of 10.

The mission may inform the Parliamentary Registration Department about any irregularities and or interference which the mission might observe or, of which the mission might learn. And similarly, the mission may request that the Parliamentary Registration Department provide any information regarding the measures which the department will take in relation to such irregularities.

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