The Fijian Elections Office has advised that voters will still need to produce their birth certificates for the process of change of name.
Supervisor of Elections Mohammed Saneem said the FEO would continue to facilitate the change of name as it had done up until now.
“We appreciate the efforts of the Ministry of Justice to facilitate the most convenient mechanism in assisting the general public to upgrade to the Blue VoterCard,” Mr Saneem said.
“This collaboration will create greater convenience for voters who may have lost their Birth Certificates and were hoping to upgrade to the Blue VoterCard.”
Mr Saneem said since October 4 last year to February 1, 2022, the FEO had served 134,035 voters, made up of 64,550 males and 69,485 females.
He said during that time, they had facilitated 223 name change applications – 51 males and 172 females.
“In this regard, the FEO notes that 21,165 of the females who did not have names that matched with BDM (Births, Deaths and Marriages) records previously have already upgraded to the Blue VoterCard and their names are now verifiable against BDM data.”
