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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 i . By tendered ballot
Comments: Art. 34 (1) (a): The Returning Officer shall— (a) provide a sufficient number of polling stations in the electoral constituency and, in accordance with the terms of any notice given under section 33 allot the electors within the
electoral constituency to the polling stations in such manner as seems to him most convenient;
Art. 39 (1): No person shall be permitted to vote at any polling station other than the one allotted to
him under the provisions of section 34(a).
Art. 41: Tendered ballot: If a person representing himself to be an elector named in the register of electors applies for a ballot paper after another person has voted as such elector, the applicant shall, upon giving satisfactory answers to the questions set out in section 38(c), be entitled to receive a ballot paper in the same manner as any other elector but such ballot paper, hereinafter called a tendered ballot paper, shall be of a colour different from the ordinary ballot papers and instead of being put into the ballot box, shall be given to the presiding officer and endorsed by him with the name of the elector and his number in the register of electors;
Source: National Parliament Electoral Provisions Act (2010 Consolidated Version),Art. 34 (1)(a), 39 (1), 41: https://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/pacific/SB/solomon-islands-national-parliament-electoral-3/view (2019).
Verified: 2019/03/01
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: None of the relevant articles include OCV:
Art. 34 (1) (a): The Returning Officer shall— (a) provide a sufficient number of polling stations in the electoral constituency and, in accordance with the terms of any notice given under section 33 allot the electors within the
electoral constituency to the polling stations in such manner as seems to him most convenient;
Art. 39 (1): No person shall be permitted to vote at any polling station other than the one allotted to
him under the provisions of section 34(a).
Art. 41: Tendered ballot: If a person representing himself to be an elector named in the register of electors applies for a ballot paper after another person has voted as such elector, the applicant shall, upon giving satisfactory answers to the questions set out in section 38(c), be entitled to receive a ballot paper in the same manner as any other elector but such ballot paper, hereinafter called a tendered ballot paper, shall be of a colour different from the ordinary ballot papers and instead of being put into the ballot box, shall be given to the presiding officer and endorsed by him with the name of the elector and his number in the register of electors;
Source: National Parliament Electoral Provisions Act (2010 Consolidated Version), Art. 34 (1)(a), 39 (1), 41: https://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/pacific/SB/solomon-islands-national-parliament-electoral-3/view (2019).
Verified: 2019/03/01
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: same as above
Source: National Parliament Electoral Provisions Act (2010 Consolidated Version), sec. 34 (1)(a), 39 (1), 41: https://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/pacific/SB/solomon-islands-national-parliament-electoral-3/view (2019).
Verified: 2019/03/01
VO011
Voting method
Question: How do electors cast their votes?
Answer(s):
a . Manually marking of ballots
Comments: Art. 38 (d) an elector on receiving a ballot paper, shall go immediately into a voting compartment in the polling station, and shall then there secretly record his vote by placing a mark in the box in the ballot paper corresponding to the candidate of his choice and insert the marked folded ballot paper into the ballot box prior to leaving the polling station. The ballot box shall be placed with the polling station in such manner as to be observed by polling officials;
Source: National Parliament Electoral Provisions Act (2010 Consolidated Version), Art. 38 (d): https://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/pacific/SB/solomon-islands-national-parliament-electoral-3/view (2019).
Verified: 2019/03/01
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