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Brief Profiles of Countries, EMBs and Partner Organisations of A-WEB
part iii (B) ELECTORAL PROCESS
ELECtorAL sYstEM 1. Total Population as on
0.9 Million (Feb. 2019)
(A) ELECTION MANAGEMENT BODy
2. Registered Electors as on
1. Name of the EMB (S) 0.6 Million (Nov. 2018)
The Electoral Commission, 3. Name of the Document viz Electoral Photo Identity
Fijian Elections Office
Card
2. Website Address Voter Card
www.electoralcommission.org.fj 4. Voter turnout in last National Elections: Total,
www.feo.org.fj
Percentage
3. Nature of EMB 72% (2018)
The Electoral Commission - Independent 84.6% (2014)
Fijian Elections Office - Independent
5. Voting Method
4. No. of Members in EMB Manual marking of Ballots
The Electoral Commission - 7 6. Audit Trail
Fijian Elections Office - FEO is the office of SoE
Maximum of 500 voters per Polling Station.
5. Terms of office Results announced per Polling Station.
The Electoral Commission - 3 Years Attendance Voting – Voters can only vote when
Fijian Elections Office - 5 years (Contracted assigned. SoE conducts random recounts to test
appointment) Polling Station counts.
6. EMB Members selected by 7. Voting Process
The Electoral Commission - Members are 1. Polling station opens 7.30am and closes after
appointed by President on the advice of the last person in the queue at 6pm has voted.
Constitutional Offices Commission. 2. Voting steps as follows:
Fijian Elections Office - SoE is appointed by step 1: Voter is directed to correct Polling
President on the advice of Constitutional Offices station by the venue Queue Controller.
Commission. step 2: Voter appears at the entrance of the
Polling Station. Inside Queue Controller checks
7. Names of Elections conducted by EMB the voter’s finger for ink before giving the voters
Parlimentary Elections, Trade Union Elections and instruction Booklet to the Voter.
University Elections.
step 3: Voter shows voter card or valid ID to ID
8. Titles of Electoral Legislation(s) officer/Ballot Paper Issuer who will confirm the
1. Constitution of the Republic of Fiji 2013 voters name and draws line through the voter’s
2. Electoral Act 2014 name.
3. Political Parties (Registration, Conduct, Funding step 4: ID Officer/ Ballot paper issuer explains
& Disclosures Act, 2013) to the voter the method of making the ballot
paper and give one Ballot paper to the Voters.
4. Electoral (Registration of Voters) Act, 2012
step 5: Voter signs the Voter List “Signature”
column using the voters List stencil.
step 6: Voter goes to the voting screen and
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