14 December 2020 - Election
PNG's elections: too popular for their own good
Growing candidate numbers in Papua New Guinea (PNG) have always intrigued me. I hail from a small island called Lou, roughly 20km southeast of the main Manus island.
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9 November 2020 - Politics, Election
PNG: Where voter turnout is too high
Voter turnout is high in Papua New Guinea. In 2017, approximately 90% of the estimated voting-age population cast a vote, despite PNG not having compulsory voting.
30 September 2020 - Politics, Election
Improving the roll key to fair elections in PNG
Papua New Guinea’s roll of voters registered in national elections (the common or electoral roll) has been plagued with problems since at least the 1987 elections.