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Fiji's Voter Registration Breaks Half a Million (Press Release - PR Newswire)
Fiji has marked another significant milestone in its path to true parliamentary democracy with the announcement that more than half a million Fijians have registered to vote in the scheduled elections in 2014. The 504,588 registered Fijian voters represent more than 80% of the estimated number of eligible voters, and registration will continue in 2013, notably for Fijians living overseas.Back in September, we noted that "close to half a million" (488,734) Fijians had registered in the biometric voter ID system. That figure represented about 80% of the eligible population, so it's not surprising that enrollment is leveling off. There aren't that many people left to enroll.
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Registration will now close while the Elections Office processes the new registrations and cleanses the list of fraudulent or duplicate entries. After the first round of registration, 30 trained clerks scrutinised the voter list and removed 1,441 problematic entries. "The easy and quick identification of these problematic entries is proof that the Electronic Registration System does exactly what it is meant to do," the Attorney-General said.
The voter ID will also be valid for access to a range of other government services. (Fiji Times)
