How is the national electoral register created?

Office of the Electoral Commission (Ofisa o le Komsi o Faiga Palota), Electoral Act 2019, accessed 30 September 2025. Available through Legislation & Publications.

Part 5: Rolls

Division 1 - Compilation and Maintenance

23. Compilation and maintenance of Electoral Rolls: 

(1) For each constituency, the Commissioner must compile and maintain a main roll by: (a) registration or re-registration or transfer of registration of an eligible voter to their place of residence or through an exemption under section 16; and (b) conducting re-registration of voters for each main roll to maintain a complete and accurate main roll as practicable as possible. (1A) The Commissioner may authorise a complete reregistration of voters every 10 years after a general election for maintenance of main rolls purposes only. 

(2) The Commissioner may print a main roll for each constituency. 

(3) Subject to this Act, the Commissioner may make changes to a roll required, based on information received. 

(4) The Registrar of the Land and Titles Court must within a period agreed to between the Registrar and the Commissioner provide to the Commissioner changes to titles entered on the Register for Matai titles maintained by the Registrar. 

(5) The Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages must within 48 hours after the registration of the death of any person aged 21 or above, notify the Commissioner of such registration to enable the Commissioner to amend the roll as necessary. 

(6) Where a roll is required by this Act or any other law to be made available to the public (howsoever described), the Commissioner must provide or produce, as the circumstances require, such roll without the photographs recorded under section 20(5).

25. Electronic roll

The Commissioner must establish and maintain an electronic roll for all Constituencies.