6290 Names Removed From National Register Of Voters

More than 6200 names have been removed from the National Register of Voters, says the Supervisor of Elections.

Mohammed Saneem said 6290 names were removed after two verification exercises were carried out.

The exercise focused on voters who were marked as deceased with the Births, Deaths and Marriages (BDM) Registry.

He said 658,310 voters have been confirmed for the 2022 General Election..

He added that last year FEO dispatched 1,929 Provisional Voter Lists to Turaga-Ni-Koros and District Advisory Councilors. Their report identified those who have died since the last general election.

“Following that exercise 2,041 voters were removed from the National Register of Voters [NRV].

“Thereafter, the second set of Provisional Voter Lists were sent on 17 January and 1,070 PVL were received by February 4, 2022.

“Using the information received from the second set of voter lists, the Fijian Elections Office carried out a second verification exercise with the BDM and removed 6,920 voters from the Register.”

Mr Saneem said that the Fijian Elections Office since 2014 have always relied on the village headmen and Advisory Councilors network to carry out ground level verification of the National Register of Voters and the Voter Lists.

“We are doing the same for the 2022 exercise, as we consider the Turaga-Ni-Koros and District Advisory Councillors as the primary source of information from the ground.

“Going forward into the Nationwide Voter Registration Drive and the Know Your Election campaign, the Fijian Elections Office will be using the verified Voter Lists from the second round of verification that have been returned by the Turaga-Ni-Koros and Advisory Councillors as a baseline for verification and registration drives in each community.”

Mr Saneem added that they had anticipated close to 670,000 voters for the upcoming General Elections.

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