The Fijian Elections Office [‘FEO’] will commence Pre-Poll Voting for the 2022 General Election from 05 December 2022.

The Electoral Act, under Section 82, allows for votes to be cast early in remote locations or in places where there are not enough voters for the establishment of a polling station.

Supervisor of Elections, Mr Mohammed Saneem said the FEO will start deploying teams from this week to remote areas and outer islands so that Fijians living in these areas could cast their votes.

“We currently have 77,907 registered voters who will be voting during Pre-Poll in the 613 venues,” Mr Saneem said.

Voters can access pre-poll times, venues and the schedules of where our teams will be from the FEO website on www.feo.org.fj/pre-poll-voting/ and our Facebook page.

Mr Saneem added schedules for Pre-poll have also been shared with the respective Turaqa-ni-Koros, District Advisory Councilors and the Roko-ni-Tuis so that voters in their areas could be informed.

“For the 2022 General Election, the FEO has also put Pre-Poll road signs in each of the locations where Pre-Poll will be taking place,” Mr Saneem said.

“Registered votes are reminded to bring their VoterCards to the Polling Station and if they are unsure of anything while inside the Polling Station, they can seek the assistance from the Presiding Officer.

“The Voter Instruction Booklet [‘VIB’] will be widely distributed in pre-poll locations and this is currently underway in the Central, Northern and Western Divisions while distribution in the Eastern Division has already been completed,” Mr Saneem said.

The FEO teams will also be carrying copies of the VIB with them to give out to every voter as they enter the Polling Station.

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