Theres been a few glitches with the pre polling. truthforfiji FIJITIMES reports that A SHORTAGE of envelopes for ballot papers meant 22 villagers from Yasawa Village in Cakaudrove were unable to cast their votes in pre-polling yesterday. And the 22 villagers are calling on the Fijian Elections Office to organise another polling day to allow them to cast their votes. Yasawa Village headman Isei Marawa confirmed that in the first hour from 8am, out of the 77 registered in the area, only 19 voters were able to cast their votes before officials realised the shortage. He added when this happened, polling was put on hold for an hour to allow officials to organise an alternative. Mr Marawa said affected voters hired boats to the polling station paying $100 or more for the trip and some left their villages (from the tip of Udu) in the early hours to cast their votes. After arrangements were made with the election officials at headquarters, another 36 were taken in to vote. But the remaining 22 are yet to receive confirmation on whether they can still vote. Mr Marawa said it wasnt fair for the villagers especially those travelling from afar. Fijis Supervisor of Elections Mohammed Saneem has confirmed that an alleged incident during yesterdays pre-polling for the election has been referred to the Independent Commission Against Corruption. The incident involved an elderly couple who qualified for postal voting, whereby ballot papers are delivered by the courier company DHL. They claim the courier driver who brought their papers attempted to force them to vote for the Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama against their wishes. Click Below to read more. fijitoday.wordpress/2014/09/04/for-the-courier-company-employee-to-be-marking-the-ballot-paper-himself-thats-an-offence-clearly/
Posted on: Thu, 04 Sep 2014 11:29:37 +0000
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