If electoral register is created by the EMB, which method is used?

Fiji

Fiji

Answer
A continuous register (voter data is continuously collected and updated between electoral events)
Source

Constitution 2013

76.—(1) The office of the Supervisor of Elections established under the State Services Decree 2009 continues in existence.

(2) The Supervisor of Elections, acting under the direction of the Electoral Commission,—

(a) administers the registration of voters for elections of members to Parliament; […]

Electoral (Registration of Voters) Act, 2012 (as amended in 2016)

2. Interpretation

Supervisor means the Supervisor of Elections appointed under the Section 76 of the Constitution of the Republic of Fiji.

3. Registration of voters

3) The Supervisor shall, at least once a year, publish a notice in a daily newspaper and broadcast a notice over the radio, calling upon every qualified person who has not been registered as a voter to apply for registration.

12. Revision of the National Register of Voters

1) The Supervisor may revise the National Register of Voters to –

a) correct any mistake or omission in the particulars of the registration of a person;

b) on the application of a person who is a registered voters, record a change in the person’s name, residential address, postal address or occupation, or any other particulars contained in the National Register of Voters in respect of that person; […]

2) Any revision of the National Register of Voters under subsection (1) may be made at any time prior to the closure of the National Register of Voters under section 19.

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