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Voting Operations
VO003
Electors vote at
Question: Where can electors vote?
Answer(s):
a . At a specified polling station in the locality where they are registered at national elections
c . At any polling station in the same country
f . By mail
i . By tendered ballot
Comments:
50.—(1) On polling day, a registered voter is entitled to vote only at the polling station at which he or she is assigned according to the voter list of the polling station. (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), election officials and police officers appointed to work on polling day at a polling station to which they are not assigned to vote or public servants with election duties in an area not convenient to the location of the polling station to which they are assigned to vote, may vote at the polling station at which they are working or at a polling station convenient to their location of assignment, provided they are not registered in the Register of Postal Voters and have obtained an absentee certificate according to a process established by the Supervisor. (3) A voter on a voter list with an indication beside his or her name that he or she is registered as a postal voter or that he or she is registered on any other special voter list for alternative voting under this Decree may not vote at the polling station to which he or she is assigned. Identification
Source:
Electoral Decree No. 11 of 2014, sec. 50 (1), 55, 67, 53 (10): https://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/pacific/FJ/fiji-electoral-decree-no.-11-of-2014/at_download/file (2014).
Verified:
2018/04/20
VO004
Voting outside the country is permitted for
Question: Who can vote from outside the country?
Answer(s):
c . Citizens outside the country (including those on vacation)
Comments:
Via Postal Voting provisions
(7) An application for registration in the Register of Postal Voters may only be made on one of the following grounds— (a) the applicant is living outside of Fiji or will be outside of Fiji on the polling day; (b)because of serious illness or infirmity, the applicant is unable to travel from his or her place of living to his or her assigned polling station; (c) the applicant is under pre-trial detention or sentence of imprisonment; (d) because of the applicant’s religious beliefs or membership of a religious order, he or she— (i) is precluded from attending a polling station; or (ii) for the greater part of the hours of polling is precluded from attending a polling station; or (e) because the applicant will be away from his or her usual place of residence and in a place not convenient to his or her assigned polling station due to work commitments on the polling day. (8) An application under this section must be accompanied by a statutory declaration by the applicant.
Source:
Electoral Decree No. 11 of 2014, sec. 67 (7): https://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/pacific/FJ/fiji-electoral-decree-no.-11-of-2014/at_download/file (2014).
Verified:
2018/04/20
VO005
Locations for voting outside of the country
Question: If voting outside the country is permitted, at what places?
Answer(s):
e . By mail
Comments:
(7) An application for registration in the Register of Postal Voters may only be made on one of the following grounds— (a) the applicant is living outside of Fiji or will be outside of Fiji on the polling day;
Source:
Electoral Decree No. 11 of 2014, art. 67 (7): https://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/pacific/FJ/fiji-electoral-decree-no.-11-of-2014/at_download/file (2014).
Verified:
2018/04/20
VO011
Voting method
Question: How do electors cast their votes?
Answer(s):
a . Manually marking of ballots
Comments:
54. A voter shall vote for a single candidate by placing a circle around, or a tick or a cross on, the number of his or her preferred candidate on the ballot paper.
Source:
Electoral Decree No. 11 of 2014, art. 54: https://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/pacific/FJ/fiji-electoral-decree-no.-11-of-2014/at_download/file (2018).
Verified:
2018/04/20
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