{"id":194502,"date":"2017-05-16T08:35:14","date_gmt":"2017-05-16T12:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/?p=194502"},"modified":"2017-05-16T08:35:14","modified_gmt":"2017-05-16T12:35:14","slug":"u-s-embassy-nassau-on-the-bahamas-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2017\/05\/u-s-embassy-nassau-on-the-bahamas-elections","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Embassy Nassau on The Bahamas Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-160615\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/us-embassy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>The Embassy of the United States of America congratulates the people of The Bahamas on a successful election.\u00a0 Citizens throughout The Bahamas exercised their constitutional right and civic responsibility, further strengthening The Bahamas\u2019 robust democratic traditions.\u00a0 The U.S. government looks forward to working with the newly elected representatives.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this spring, the Governor General invited the U.S. Embassy and international organizations to officially observe The Bahamas\u2019 2017 General Election.\u00a0 U.S. Embassy personnel participated alongside observers from the Organization of American States, CARICOM, and the Commonwealth Secretariat. The U.S. Embassy deployed 30 observers to view the May 10 electoral process in New Providence, Grand Bahama, and Eleuthera.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Embassy observers visited more than 100 polling stations on Election Day.\u00a0 They observed minimal irregularities.\u00a0 Presiding officers and poll workers carried out their responsibilities commendably and the Royal Bahamian Police Force ensured a safe and peaceful atmosphere.\u00a0 The Embassy congratulates the Parliamentary Registration Department for\u00a0\u00a0organizing a smooth and successful Election Day process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Embassy of the United States of America congratulates the people of The Bahamas on a successful election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":160615,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10223285771444175_51037792744":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-194502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194502\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}