Commissioner of Police Ellison Greenslade yesterday confirmed that Parliamentary Commissioner Sherlyn Hall forwarded several cases for police to review of people being registered to vote more than once, but said he is satisfied those cases were done without "bad intentions".
Last week, Hall advised that "some cases have been referred to the attorney general's office, and one or two to the police, but we are doing that in-house".
The commissioner, who was asked for an update during a press conference at Police Headquarters, said, "I want to also tell you that there are times when people make -- and I think it is important that I say this, in fairness to both ministers seated and ministers across the country, and other persons who have an interest -- there are times when people do things, but there is no intent, there is no bad intent.
"Let's be clear about that.
"While it is not for the commissioner to speak [to], and I am sure the minister will at some point speak to it, I am satisfied based on lots of things we have seen that there are people who may have taken a certain course of action with no bad intentions; simply trying to err on the side of caution, not wanting to be left out of an election process.
"You will recall not too long ago our people were registering for a referendum...All of you should know that, you live in The Bahamas.
"There could be some issues there that might need screening, but it is not for the commissioner to speak [to].
"It's for the parliamentary commissioner and the minister responsible."
The Nassau Guardian recently revealed that hundreds of discrepancies exist on the voter register, including the names of hundreds of people appearing twice.
The register showed some voters' dates of birth as being in the 1700s and 1800s.
Some people appeared on the list as being born this year.
One man was registered three times.
His address was inconsistent, although the addresses were all in New Providence.
Hall attributed the numerous errors to "human error".
The Parliamentary Registration Department has been meticulously combing through to correct the list in preparation for the final voter register, according to officials.
Voter registration ended on Monday.
Greenslade said the first priority was registering people and now that registration has closed he believes Hall "will be paying attention to doing things that his office requires".
"The parliamentary commissioner, in fairness to him, has been totally busy trying to keep registration centers open and trying to get people registered based upon all of the pronouncements toward prorogation of Parliament and dissolution of Parliament," he said.
"And, I think in fairness to the country and to all of us, that was his primary duty.
"Now I believe, and the minister is present, the parliamentary commissioner, while I can't speak for him, I believe will be paying attention to doing things that his office requires at the direction of the minister of national security and at the direction of the law."
The commissioner added that Hall and his department have the full support of the police force, which will respond "efficiently and effectively and that is what you saw in the first instance".

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