GECOM: Obstructing the secrecy of the vote is an offence

See full statement from the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM):

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) takes the opportunity to remind all Stakeholders in the September 1, 2025, General and Regional Elections that they all have a statutory duty and civic responsibility to contribute to the elections being conducted in a free, fair, transparent, and credible manner.

In this regard, the Commission takes the opportunity to strongly emphasize the need for voters and other  concerned stakeholders to be informed of the following provisions as enacted in the Representation of the  People Act Cap: 1:03: –

It is an offence for any person, including the voter himself, to communicate at any time to any person, any information about the Political party for which any voter has voted on his behalf or as a proxy on behalf of Obstructing the Secrecy of the Vote is an Offenceanother voter;

Similarly, it is an offence for anyone to influence, by any means, a voter to display his ballot paper, to make known the Political party for whom he has voted on his behalf, or as a proxy.

Further, it is an offence for any person, directly or indirectly, to offer any money, gift, and/or a loan, to any voter to secure the vote of any voter at the elections.

Any person who commits any of the above offences shall be liable on summary conviction to pay a fine and to imprisonment for six months.

Persons convicted for any of the above offences may also be prohibited from participating in future elections.