The Office of the Electoral Commission is carrying out registration services for all eligible voters of the Gagaifomauga 2 constituency this week.
The dates for the voter registrations commenced today and will continue until 6 May at the Office of the Electoral Commission at Mulinuu.
Special Registration Programmes within the Gagaifomauga 2 constituency will take place on Thursday and Friday for the villages of Faletagaloa, Fatuvalu; Leagiagi; Lefagaoalii; Matavai; Paia; Samauga and Safune.
Registration will be held next week on Wednesday and Thursday for the villages of Faletagaloa, Fatuvalu; Leagiagi; Lefagaoalii; Matavai; Paia; Samauga and Safune, said Lefau Francis Ainuu, Acting Electoral Commissioner in a statement.
Eligible voters who have not yet registered are advised to tie a white ribbon in front of their residences for the Electoral Commission staff to attend to reports Tala Fou.
The OEC has announced that the Electoral Roll for the Gagaifomauga 2 will be temporarily closed from Friday, 6 May until after the by-elections.
The villages that make up the Gagaifomauga 2’s electoral constituency include Faletagaloa, Fatuvalu, Leagiagi, Lefagaoalii, Matavai, Paia, Samauga and Safune.
The Gagaifomauga 2 seat was previously held by Member of Parliament Vaele Pa’ia’aua Sekuini who recently passed away.
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