The Fijian Elections Office launched its pre-election voter survey for the 2022 General Election on Friday.
Supervisor of Elections, Mohammed Saneem said the survey was a first of its kind to be done before a general election in Fiji.
“This survey is an initiative of ours to reach out to our main stakeholders, the voters, and find out their views and expectations when it comes to elections,” Mr Saneem said.
“The findings from the survey will provide a more comprehensive understanding of voter behaviour in the Fijian context and help the FEO in enhancing its services and in developing more effective and targeted strategies for the 2022 General Election.
“We had done a post-election survey after the 2018 General Election, the analysis of which formed the basis for our voter education strategy for 2022.
“Now, we are going a step further to gauge the levels of voter preparedness as well their expectations ahead of the next general election.”
Mr Saneem said the FEO team would start the nationwide survey on Monday, January 24, 2022.
To encourage participation in the survey, the FEO will be giving away a cash prize of $300.
Mr Saneem said that at the end of the project, all voters who participated would go into the draw and six winners would walk away with $50 each.
The nationwide Voter Survey project concludes on February 11, 2022.
