CARICOM appointed an eleven-member CARICOM Election Observation Mission (CEOM) which comprised knowledgeable and experienced officials from various Member States who were mobilised and deployed on the ground in Jamaica. The team was headed by Ms Fern Narcis, Chief Election Officer, Elections and Boundaries Commission of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Consistent with its Scope of Services, the Mission monitored polling activities which included, inter alia, the opening of the poll, the voting process, the closing of the poll and the preliminary count of ballots.