Verification of Provisional Voter List commences

The Fijian Elections Office (FEO) has commenced the verification of the 2018 General Election Provisional Voter List, through the use of the district advisory councilors and the Turaga ni Koro (village headman) around Fiji. Following a successful meeting with the Ministry of iTaukei Affairs and with the assistance of the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of iTaukei Affairs, the FEO has begun distributing the Provisional voter list to the headman.

This was so that they may verify the information with those who are present in those areas under the Voter List.

The FEO anticipates that this exercise may take up to three weeks. By the time the National Voter Registration Drive starts, the FEO hopes to have received all the Provisional Voter List back in order for it to be prepared to make necessary changes when teams visit these places on the ground. The FEO will shortly launch an SMS platform for Fijians to be able to text their voter number and verify their polling stations. Supervisor of Elections, Mohammed Saneem said: “We are still well in time to allow Fijians, who may have now changed their residential address, to apply to have their polling station details amended. “This is to avoid any inconveniences on election day if voters do not change their venues in time.”

The Provisional List of Polling Venues for the whole country has been published on the FEO website and is available at www.feo.org.fj/ polling-venues. According to the Electoral Act, the last day for voter registration will be the date that the Writ of Elections is issued and as such, Fijians have every opportunity, if they have not been registered, to take advantage of the registration platforms available at its Voter Services Centres around the country.