Solomon Islands

Population Statistics

622,469

Total Population

93,370

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

23 September 2008

Signed the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities


National Parliament Electoral Provisions Act (1980, last amended 2013)

Updated: June 2015

Section 35, subsection (3) states:

If any polling agent dies or becomes incapable of acting as such, the candidate may appoint another polling agent in his place, and shall forthwith give to the Returning Officer notice in writing of the polling agent so appointed.

 

Section 38, subsection (g) states:

If an elector by reason of blindness or other physical disability, is unable to cast his vote, he shall call the presiding officer aside and tell him, no other person being present or within hearing the name of the candidate for whom he wishes to vote and the presiding officer shall record the elector's vote by placing a mark in the box on the ballot paper corresponding to the candidate for whom the elector wishes to vote and insert the marked folded ballot paper into the ballot box prior to the aforesaid elector leaving the polling station in the presence of a police officer or another polling assistant.

 

Section 44, subsection (3) states:

If a counting agent dies or becomes incapable of acting as such, the candidate may appoint another counting agent in his place, and shall immediately give to the Returning Officer notice in writing of the name and address of the counting agent so appointed.

 

Excerpts from the National Parliament Electoral Provisions Act (1980, amended 2013)