ELECTORAL OFFICIALS DEPLOYED FOR TOMORROW’S HISTORIC ELECTION DAY

On the eve of Election Day for the historic Joint Election, the Chief Electoral Officer and Commissioner Jasper Highwood Anisi today said that electoral officials have been deployed and are eager to do their duties from tomorrow at all polling stations.

“We are in a state of readiness and our officials will try their best to ensure that every voter that turns up at the polling station between the voting hours of 7am-4pm, is facilitated and is able to exercise his or her constitutional right to vote,” said Mr Highwood Anisi.

Some 6700 electoral officials have been deployed throughout the country for the poll and count of the 2024 Joint Election.

The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) and Commissioner Jasper Highwood Anisi is urging eligible voters throughout the country to turn up early to cast their ballots at their respective polling stations on Election Day tomorrow, Wednesday, April 17.

The polling stations will open at 7:00 am and close at 4:00 pm.

If a voter is in the queue by 4pm, he or she will be allowed to vote.

“However, I would like to encourage all the eligible voters through the Solomon Islands to be on time and cast their votes before 4 pm,” he said.

It is anticipated that there will be queues in some of the polling stations, also the weather will be another factor that delays the movement of the voters.

“So, voters should use the first part of the morning to turn up early and cast their vote,” he said.

The Chairlady of the SIEC, Mrs. Taeasi Sanga, will address the nation tomorrow morning, before the opening of the poll.

Mrs  Sanga will also close the poll, to be followed by a press statement by CEO Anisi.

The Solomon Islands Electoral Commission (SIEC) is an independent Constitutional Electoral Management Body that is responsible for voter registration and the conduct of elections at the Parliamentary, Provincial Assemblies, and Honiara City Council levels.

For Election Happenings, follow SIEO’s Facebook @SIelectoralcommission page and website on www.siec.gov.sb Or for general inquiries, you can call the office hotline phone on 7222200 or landline 21198.

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