With just eight days left to the CNMI Republican Party’s Open Primary election, both gubernatorial candidate teams are in high gear preparing for next Saturday.
In the following pages, Marianas Variety News & Views offers its readers an in-depth look at Republican governor and lt. governor candidates Juan Nekai Babauta and Galvin Sablan Deleon Guerrero and Heinz Sablan Hofschneider and Arnold Indalecio Palacios’ plans and platforms in a Decision 2009 special insert.
On June 27, 2009, the polls will open at 7am and close at 6pm. All CNMI registered voters are encouraged to cast their votes. There will be no advance voting and no voting by absentee ballots, according to the Republican Party.
Voters registered on Rota, Tinian, Saipan, or Northern Islands who will present in another municipality on the Primary Election Day will be allowed to vote. Those voters are required to notify the CNMI GOP by filling out a form no later than 12 noon on June 29, 2009. Only those voters who notify the CNMI GOP by the deadline shall be permitted to vote at the Multi-Purpose Center in Susupe for Saipan, Tinian Elementary School for Tinian and NMC Campus on Rota.
For more information, please contact the CNMI GOP Office at 235-4467 or visit the CNMI GOP Headquarters at the Oleai Center Suite #113 in San Jose Village, Saipan.
The polling places are as follows:
Saipan
Precinct 1
San Antonio Elementary School
Koblerville Elementary School
San Vicente Elementary School
Precinct 2
Municipal Council Office
Precinct 3
Oleai Elementary School
Garapan Elementary School
Precinct 4
Tanapag Youth Center
Gregorio T. Camacho Elementary School (San Roque)
Legislature
Precinct 5
Kagman Community Center
Northern Islands, Rota and Tinian voters on Saipan: Multi Purpose Center, Susupe
Tinian
Tinian Elementary School Cafeteria
Rota
Northern Marianas College Campus
