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Voting Operations

Tonga Tonga

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
b. At any polling station in the same voting district
Comments: The Electoral Act seems to allow the elector to vote at the "nearest polling station for the district in which he is registered" but the practice seems to be specified polling stations - in effect this may be the same thing ie only one polling station per district.
Source: Electoral Amendment Act 2010, Art. 11 (1), 13: https://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/pacific/TO/tonga-electoral-amendment-act-2010/view (2021) Electoral Amendment Act 2014, Section 6: https://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/pacific/TO/tonga-electoral-amendment-act-2014 (2021) Electoral Regulation 2010, Art. 8: https://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/pacific/TO/tonga-electoral-regulations-2010/view (2021)
Verified: 2021/09/15
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VO004

Voting outside the country is permitted for
Question:Who can vote from outside the country?
Answer(s): a. Outside the country voting is not permitted
Comments:
Source: Electoral Act 1989, Art. 11 (1), 13: https://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/pacific/TO/tonga-electoral-amendment-act-2010/view (2021)
Verified: 2021/09/15
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VO005

Locations for voting outside of the country
Question:If voting outside the country is permitted, at what places?
Answer(s): h. Not applicable
Comments:
Source:
Verified: 2014/11/21
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VO011

Voting method
Question:How do electors cast their votes?
Answer(s): a. Manually marking of ballots
Comments: Electors strike out with "pen or pencil all names on the ballot paper other than those representatives he wishes to elect."
Source: Electoral Act (as amended in 2010 & 2014 ), Art. 12: https://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/pacific/TO/tonga-electoral-amendment-act-2014 (2021)
Verified: 2021/09/15
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