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POLLING officers at Western Province has found the new Biometric Voting Registration System (BVRS) to be working well in Wednesday’s national general election. This came after Polling Officers have not encountered any problems with voters using double names and names of deceased as experienced in past elections. The ten hours election kicked off at 7am…
MALAITA’s Provincial capital Auki has witnessed a quiet and peaceful polling day on Wednesday. A visit by the Solomon Star to some of the polling stations in and around Auki town witnessed voters coming out in numbers to check their names before joining the queue to cast their votes. Reports said many came as a…
UNITED States ambassador to Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu was impressed with the preparation in the lead up to yesterday’s National General Election. Walter North,who is based in Port Moresby,Papua New Guinea(PNG), is here to observe the election process. In an interview with the Solomon Star yesterday at the White River School polling…
THE United States Government congratulated the government and people of Solomon Islands for conducting peaceful polling during the national elections on Wednesday. “This was an historic day for the people of Solomon Islands and for their democratic future,” a statement issued by the US election observer team, said. “We hope that the newly-elected leaders of…
Newcastle Australian Minister Sharon Claydon has congratulated Malaitan people and Electoral Commission office for a successful voting on Wednesday. Mrs Claydon is part of a team of international observation group who are representing the Australian government. The group compromised of other nationalities such as Japan, England, USA and Pacific Islands who were invited by the…
COUNTING of all ballot papers throughout the country will start 8am today. Chief Electoral Officer Polycarp Haununu confirmed this to the media yesterday. Mr Haununu said by the close of polling yesterday all ballot boxes will be transported to identified counting locations throughout each province before counting starts. “By the close of all polling stations,…
COUNTING of ballot papers in Temotu will start today, the province’s electoral manager Luke Paul says. Mr Paul said ballot boxes from the province’s two remote constituencies of VATUD and Pele are expected to arrive at provincial capital Lata last night. They will be counted along with the ballot boxes of Nende constituency when counting…
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It was peaceful day for the people of Baegu Asifola Constituency (BAC) in Malaita Province who came out in numbers to elect their leader. Reports reaching this paper on Wednesday said the voting at the BAC was peaceful and smooth. Since the voting booth opened in the morning and until its closure at 5pm, there…
ISABEL Province successfully conducted its polling day in what was described as a calm and peaceful election. Sergeant Alfred Tatano told the Solomon Star from Buala, the head provincial headquarter that voters came out in numbers to cast their ballots peaceful without any disturbance or interference. “It was peaceful all throughout the day until its…