No polling for Papua New Guineans on weekends

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No polling for Papua New Guineans on weekends

PORT MORESBY: Papua New Guinea (PNG) electoral commissioner Simon Sinai says polling will not be conducted on weekends.

“According to the Organic Law on National and Local Level Government Elections, polling always starts on Saturday. It does not mean that it will be held on Saturday or Sunday,” he added.

He was responding to Papua New Guineans questioning his announcement that polling would start on Saturday June 18.

The news break was published by The National:

No polling on weekends

February 16, 2022The NationalMain Stories

By MIRIAM ZARRIGA
ELECTORAL Commissioner Simon Sinai says polling will not be conducted on weekends.
“According to the Organic Law on National and Local Level Government Elections, polling always starts on Saturday. It does not mean it will be held on Saturday or Sunday,” he said.
He was responding to Papua New Guineans questioning his announcement that polling would start on Saturday, June 18.
Sinai said according to the Organic Law Section 79 (1), “the date fixed for the commencement of the polling period shall be a Saturday and shall be not less than eight weeks and not more than 11 weeks after the date of the writ”.
“Polling from June 18 to July 8 will only be done on weekdays and not weekends.
“If we exclude the weekends, we will only have 15 days to cast ballots,” he added.
“According to discussions between the Returning Officer, Police Commissioner and other stakeholders, we will decide on the dates for polling for the seven Highlands provinces and National Capital District.
“Security arrangements have to be taken into consideration.
“If we are confident with the security provisions, then we will announce the one-day polling date for the seven Highlands provinces and National Capital District,” Sinai said.
He said postal voting service was only provided to the high commission staff around the world and the security personnel who were working in outside provinces during the election.
“Time may be an issue on postal voting.
But we shall see what happens in the coming days in the lead-up to the issuance of writs on April 28.”

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