The Editor, Sir:

Having regard to what transpired in the recent general elections, particularly with regard to events in Eastern Hanover and South Eastern St. Mary, it is my view that the electoral process needs overhauling.

There is now a challenge to the Electoral Commission to undertake such a review. Legitimate voters should not wait for so long to know their representatives, while the learned men and women fiddle with our destiny in a court of law.

The process for voting should be designed in a way that whether it is a plus, a cross or an X, while it indicates the intention of the voter by putting his mark unencumbered beside the symbol of his choice, then no judge should be asked to determine the mind of the voter.

In my opinion it is a subtle way of taking away one's constitutional rights. As an irate woman said on the programme 'Your Issues Live', "Michael, our politicians cannot be trusted." Hence, the related laws should be amended to avoid disfranchisement of our people.

There is a famous quotation by one of our educators A.G.R. Byfield, "Your honour, my God and my politics are my constitutional rights."

I am, etc.,

WINSTON R. BLAKE

Lacovia

St. Elizabeth