Postal voting applications will open on the day that the day of election is announced.

The opening date for postal voting is the day that the day of election is announced and the closing date is 23 days after the issue of the writs at 6 pm. 
Postal voting applications will be accepted by the FEO following the announcement of the date of the election. The closing date for all postal applications is 6 pm which is 21 days after the issue of the writs

Postal voting applications will require a person to sign a declaration and all declaration by law must be signed by the person who is the applicant. Therefore, you cannot apply on behalf of another person.

Every application received by the FEO on the electronic platform is duly acknowledged.

You can apply for postal voting if you are unable to make it to the polling station on the day of the election, by virtue of being at work, by virtue of being disabled or any other reason that will prevent you from going to your polling station. You can also apply for postal voting if you will not be in the locality that your polling station is located in on election day or if you are a voter who has registered to vote from overseas.

You will receive an email notification from the FEO.

The following requirements should be met:

-the applicant is living outside of Fiji or will be outside of Fiji on the polling day;

-because of serious illness or infirmity, the applicant is unable to travel from his or her place of living to his or her assigned polling station;

-the applicant is under pre-trial detention or sentence of imprisonment;

-because of the applicant’s religious beliefs or membership of a religious order, he or she— (a) is precluded from attending a polling station; or (b) for the greater part of the hours of polling is precluded from attending a polling station; or

• because the applicant will be away from his or her usual place of residence and in a place not convenient to his or her assigned polling station due to work commitments on the polling day.

You will be notified through an email from the FEO within 48 hours of receipt of your application. The postal vote application is immediately determined and if your application is rejected you will be notified that your application is not successful otherwise the Fijian Elections Office operate on the basis of approving all the applications that has been received.

Yes, if an application is declined you can appeal your declined decision to the Electoral Commission and the EC must decide within 48 hours of your application.

You can send a follow up email to the FEO or call the number ______ to follow up on your application

The FEO will start dispatching postal packages as soon as the National candidates list draw is completed and we will be making that schedule publicly known during the election. You can expect to receive your postal package from Writ Day plus 22 days.

The Fijian Elections Office will engage courier services or if you are engaged in an employment at any particular facility we may be directly working through your HR teams to deliver packages to you. It will be sent to your postal box or delivered to your residence depending on the postal address you provide on your application form.

FEO will make known some numbers in which you can contact to obtain your details about your package. 

We would recommend that any person who has finished marking their ballot paper should immediately send the postal ballot back so that it can make it to the Fijian Elections Office before 6pm on the day the election is held. You will need to send it back before the closing date which is on Election Day. Postal Voting applications will close exactly 3 weeks (21days) before Election Day.

It will close on a specified date which is 23 days after the issue of Writ of elections.

No, the applications close on the 23rd day at 6pm and there are no further extensions granted.

Late applications will not be dealt with and will be rejected.

• One (1) Voter Instruction Booklet;
• one Ballot Paper;
• a Secret Envelope;
• a Transmission envelope;
• a Return envelope; and
• a Postal Voting Process pamphlet.

• If there is an item        which you feel that is missing inside the package you will have to call the number that         the Fijian Elections Office publishes for postal voter assistance.

Yes, instructions on how to votes will be inside the package, there will be instructions on how to use all the materials that are received by you inside the packages.