WASHINGTON, United States (CMC)—The Electoral Observation Mission of the Organization of American States (OAS) has recommended a series of reforms aimed at strengthening elections in The Bahamas following the recent general election.

The mission, led by former St Kitts and Nevis diplomat Sherry Tross, called for the establishment of an independent electoral body separate from government control and urged greater financial, technical and human resource support for the Parliamentary Registration Department.

Among the recommendations were the introduction of an electronic results transmission system, expanded use of biometric voter cards, online voter verification tools and stronger cybersecurity protections for electoral data.