On April 17, 2024, the South Pacific nation of Solomon Islands held its first nationwide synchronized elections for Parliament, seven provincial assemblies, and the Honiara City Council. Over 420,000 voters were registered to vote at 1,200 polling stations spread over 249,000 nautical square miles. The 2024 joint elections were the first in which Solomon Islands
ESI’s biometric voter registration (BVR) project in Solomon Islands is coming to a close. The registration teams that scattered across the islands and the new voter data that they collected in the field during the nationwide voter registration exercise are back at the Solomon Islands Electoral Commission’s data centre in Honiara. The voter records have
Electoral Services International Inc. (ESI) has been welcomed back to Honiara, Solomon Islands to once again assist the Solomon Islands Electoral Commission (SIEC) in updating their voters list by biometrically registering all eligible voters ahead of Solomon Islands 2024 General Election. The project timeline was developed through months of planning and collaboration between ESI and
Electoral Services International Inc. (ESI) has the pleasure of announcing that ESI has been awarded the opportunity to assist the Solomon Islands Electoral Commission (SIEC) with Solomon Islands biometric voter registration (BVR) update exercise. This marks the second time that the SIEC and ESI have worked together on voter registration (VR). The first time was
Much like their South Pacific neighbors in Fiji, Solomon Islanders can now use their Electoral Services International (ESI) designed voter cards to open bank accounts at several banking institutions in Solomon Islands. Sylvester Hirogagana, from the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ) in Honiara, informed our very own Gordon Sinclair, Vice President Marketing
Despite several natural disasters experienced in 2014 alone, biometric voter registration continues and registration numbers in Solomon Islands continue to rise. A quarter of a million Solomon Islanders have registered in country-wide voter registration centres so far for what will be an election at the tail end of 2014. ESI has been in Honiara for
All of the materials have arrived in the capital city of Honiara for their biometric voter registration. The final steps of tuning the kits are underway. The computers have been imaged, the people have been trained and the materials are ready for in-country dispatching. Everything is ready to fire on all cylinders. Their customized multi-biometric