Look at the Electoral Divisons and the numbers of voters per division. Freetown 2263 Caribbean Shores 3639 Pickstock 1837 Fort George 1912 Albert 2084 Queen's Square 2544 Mesopotamia 2089 Lake Independence 5676 Collet 2631 Port Loyola 5386 Belize Rural North 3052 Belize Rural Central 4070 Belize Rural South 3285 Corozal Bay 4936 Corozal North 3510 Corozal South East 4312 Corozal South West 3611 Orange Walk Central 3194 Orange Walk North 4624 Orange Walk East 5091 Orange Walk South 4616 Cayo North 6466 Cayo Central 5390 Cayo West 4346 Cayo South 7483 Dangriga 3970 Stann Creek West 5132 Toledo East 4008 Toledo West 4435 ------------------------------ Total voters: 115591 If this is population representation, then Pickstock Division sets the tone with the smallest number of voters to qualify for an elected representative at 1837 voters? By this reckoning then, any group of voters with double that number, of a minimum for Pickstock Division; at 3674 voters or better, should be allowed TWO ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES. Also any electoral division ( usually other rural districts ) with triple the number of voters ( 5511 voters ) should have THREE elected representatives. Either that, or you set the number of voters to create an electoral division at a higher voter registration number? Let us say 3500 voters in order to get an elected representative? That would eliminate some port of Belize City elected representatives. Such as Pickstock, Fort George, Albert, Queen's Square, Mesopotamia, Collet, in the port of Belize City. The Good Ole Boys of Belize City have stacked the deck against population representation. They should be eliminating and consolidating six electoral divisions in Belize City the port into three electoral divisions. They should lose three elected representatives in the port. There is no other conclusion other than the PUP, Good Ole Boys of the port of Belize City are cynically manipulating the March 5th national election to their own advantage. Get international help! This is a crooked election. Only five weeks to go. Fix it early, before the election.
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