The Supervisor of Elections this morning held a meeting with the Elections Disability Access Working Group [‘EDAWG’] to discuss key issues that the EDAWG had raised in preparation for the 2022 General Election.
The outcomes of the discussion, are as follows:
- Firstly, the Fijian Elections Office [‘FEO’] will prepare and place, in every Polling Station in Fiji, an A4 sized Voter Instruction Booklet [‘VIB’] for visually impaired p This VIB will contain fonts in larger size so as to enable them to exercise their Right to Vote in an informed manner.
- Secondly, the FEO will also be providing the Fiji Society for the Blind with a list of all the candidates in the election and their numbers so that they can prepare this in braille for all of their members.
- Additionally, the FEO will also be conducting a Community Elections Advocates Training of Trainers with members of Organizations of Persons with Disabilities, so that they can conduct community level awareness with their own members in preparing them for the election.
“We are trying to ensure that as far as practicable, the FEO in collaboration with EDAWG prepares a general election that is accessible by all members of the public and in turn boosts the confidence in elections with people from all parts of society”, said the Supervisor of Elections, Mr Mohammed Saneem.
