Barbados, voting underway in St. James North by-election

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Voting is underway in the constituency of St. James north in Barbados in a by-election following the resignation of incumbent Labour Party member of parliament Edmund Hinkson. teleSUR

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00:00In other topics, voting is underway in the constituency of St. James North in Barbados

00:04in a by-election following the resignation of incumbent Labour Party Member of Parliament,

00:09Edmund Hinkson.

00:10Precisely, Hinkson, who has represented the constituency in the House of Assembly

00:14since the 2013 general election, resigned from the elected position April 25th.

00:19That same day, Prime Minister Mia Motley announced the date of the polls,

00:23with President Sandra Mason issuing a day later a week for the election to take place.

00:27Nominees were registered on May 6th, with the four elected candidates being

00:31Chad Blackman from the Barbados Labour Party, Felicia Dujan from the Democratic Labour Party,

00:37Alex Mitchell from the Bajan Free Party, and Stephanie Williams from the Community Empowerment Party.

00:43In this context, thousands of constituents head to the polls, which will be open from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. local time,

00:48in which constitutes the first by-election held after Barbados became a republic.

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