West Kwaio Constituents and Ward 18 in East Kwaio goes to the polls.
September 21, 2022
Electoral Reform Taskforce Consultation with Malaita Province is Positive
September 29, 2022
The provisional voter list is still on display in all the polling stations in Western and Choiseul provinces.
Omission and Objection period is also open until 1st of October, 2022.
Registrants from Choiseul and Western Provinces who have just registered or updated their voter registration details in the August voter registration update are encouraged to must check the provisional voter list to make sure that their registration details are correct.
Make sure your name appears or is not wrongly placed in another village.
If you checked but your name is missing from the voter list for your community or village or your name appears on the list for another village, make sure you submit an omission notice form to notify commission of this error so that it can be corrected.
If you checked but see someone’s name on the provisional voter list, maybe a person who is from another province, someone who has died or is not a citizen or under the age of 18, do submit an objection notice form to inform commission of such an inaccuracy or ineligibility so that commission can have their name deleted from the list.
You have until 1st of October, 2022 to submit your omission and objection notice to inform commission through our respective registration officers on such errors.
The Revising Officers and Assistant Revising Officers will be trained in the next couple of days at Gizo in western province.
The voter registration process happens in phases which are locked by legal timeframes.
Below are the registration phases and timeframes we need to be aware of;
| Phases of Registration | Timeframes | Number of days | Status | |
| Phase 1: Initial Registration | 2nd – 21st August, 2022 | 20 days | Completed | |
| Phase 2: Compilation of the provisional voter list | 25th August – 13th September | 20 days | Completed | |
| Phase 3: Publication of the Provisional List | 17th – 21st September, 2022d | 5 days | Completed | |
| Phase 4: Omission and Objection | 22nd September – 1st October, 2022 | 10 days | Ongoing | |
| Phase 5: Publication of the list of Omission and Objection claims | 5th -12th October, 2022
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7 days | ||
| Phase 6: Public Inquiry | 12th – 21st October, 2022
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9 days | ||
| Phase 7: Settlement of the final voter list | 22nd – 30th October, 2022. | 8 days |
Registered voters in Western and Choiseul Provinces who are interested in the current voter registration update that is currently going head in these two provinces, do check and pay close attention to these key dates and timeframes to be able to know how to act and when to act to help electoral commission compile an accurate voter list for your upcoming provincial general assembly election in December, 2022.
If you want to know more on any election related matter or check up for new updates on Election happenings, follow SIEO Facebook @SIelectoralcommission page and website on www.siec.gov.sb Or for general enquiry, you can call the office hotline phone on 7222200 or landline 21198.
