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January 15, 2025
By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor in Port Vila The electoral commission in Vanuatu is trying its best to clear up some confusion with the voting process for tomorrow’s snap election. Principal Electoral Officer Guilain Malessas said this is due to the tight turnaround to deliver this election after Parliament was dissolved last year. The ... <a title="Vanuatu election: Preparation almost complete for snap ballot" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/15/vanuatu-election-preparation-almost-complete-for-snap-ballot/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu election: Preparation almost complete for snap ballot">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2024
The first votes of the 2024 Solomon Islands joint elections have been cast in Honiara on Friday. The Solomon Islands Electoral Commission (SIEC) said pre-polling has been facilitated for police officers and electoral officials who will be working during polling day on April 17. The pre-polling for working officials was held from 7am to 4pm ... <a title="Solomon Islands election 2024: Polling day workers cast early votes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/07/solomon-islands-election-2024-polling-day-workers-cast-early-votes/" aria-label="Read more about Solomon Islands election 2024: Polling day workers cast early votes">Read more</a>
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July 7, 2022
EDITORIAL: The PNG Post-Courier The headline of this editorial, we believe, expresses what every eligible voter, business house and candidate in the nation’s capital feels towards the Electoral Commission of PNG. To make a decision like this, the deferral of polling, at the very last minute on the day when this important event is to ... <a title="Post-Courier: The incompetency of PNG’s Electoral Commission must stop" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/07/post-courier-the-incompetency-of-pngs-electoral-commission-must-stop/" aria-label="Read more about Post-Courier: The incompetency of PNG’s Electoral Commission must stop">Read more</a>
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July 6, 2022
By Frank Rai in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea went to the polls yesterday to begin electing the 11th national Parliament only to find out that there were names missing on the common roll while some polling stations were short of ballot papers around the country. The distribution of ballot papers and the common roll ... <a title="Papua New Guinea goes to the polls amid controversy over missing names" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/06/papua-new-guinea-goes-to-the-polls-amid-controversy-over-missing-names/" aria-label="Read more about Papua New Guinea goes to the polls amid controversy over missing names">Read more</a>