The PIANZEA Network has compiled a paper on enhancing electoral inclusion of women, young people and people with disability. Drawing on existing literature, the paper forms seven guiding principles of electoral inclusion and presents case studies from PIANZEA members as examples of work being undertaken to improve electoral inclusion. 

Enhancing Inclusion in Elections: A PIANZEA Discussion Paper

The PIANZEA Network has developed a paper and checklist to assist Network members to plan COVID-safe elections in the Pacific. The paper includes a comprehensive checklist that can be used to incorporate COVID considerations with election planning. The paper draws on the experiences of PIANZEA members as well as utilising existing literature.

Running Effective, COVID-Safe Elections in the Pacific: A Checklist Approach

The following is a summary of the contact details for the electoral management bodies of the PIANZEA Network.

The following is a summary of PIANZEA Network member country constitutions, with a focus on sections relevant to electoral systems and administration. The details of this page were last reviewed in September 2021. 

Note: This list does not include all amendments.

The following is a summary of the PIANZEA Network members’ electoral legislation. The details of this page were last reviewed in September 2021. 

Australia             

• Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918
• Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984

Cook Islands

• Electoral Act 2004
• Electoral Amendment Act 2007

Federated States of Micronesia

• Title 9 – National Elections 2014

Fiji         

• Electoral Act 2014 (Includes amendments up to and including 2017)           
• Electoral Amendment Act 2021
• Electoral (Registration of Voters) (Amendment) Act 2021
• Political Parties (Registration, Conduct, Funding and Disclosures) (Amendment) Act 2021

Kiribati 

• Elections Act 2019
• Referenda Act 1984
• Referenda (Amendment) Act 1992

Nauru

• Electoral Act 2016
• Electoral (Amendment) Act 2016
• Electoral (Amendment) No. 2 Act 2016
• Electoral (Amendment) No. 3 Act 2016
• Electoral (Amendment) Act 2017
• Electoral (Amendment) Act 2019
• Electoral (Amendment) No. 2 Act 2019
• Electoral (Amendment) Act 2020
• Electoral (Mobile Polling Station) Regulations 2016
• Electoral (Notification of Appointment) Notice No. 1 2016
• Electoral (Proxy Voting) Regulations 2016
• Electoral (Voters’ Verification) Regulations 2016
• Electoral (Early Voting) Regulations 2019
• Electoral (Proxy Voting) (Amendment) Regulations 2019
• Electoral (Remote Witness) Regulations 2019
• Election Petition Rules 2019
• Referendum Procedures Act 2009

New Zealand     

• Electoral Act 1993
• Electoral Regulations 1996
• Electoral (Advertising of a Specified Kind) Regulations 2005
• Electoral (Iwi and Other Māori Organisation) Regulations 2018
• Electoral (Expenditure Limit) Order 2021 (Published 1 July each year)
• Electoral Main Rolls Closing Order 2020 (Published each election year)
• Election Access Fund Act 2020
• Referendums Framework Act 2019
• Citizens Initiated Referenda Act 1993
• Citizens Initiated Referenda Regulations 1995
• Referenda (Postal Voting) Act 2000
• Referenda (Postal Voting) Regulations 2009 (Expires 1 July 2022)
• Broadcasting Act 1989 (Part 6)
• NZ Bill of Rights Act 1990 (Section 12)

Niue     

• Niue Assembly Act 1966 (Page 1253)

Palau    

• Title 23 - Elections
• General Rules and Regulations

Papua New Guinea

• Organic Law on National and Local-level Government Elections 1997

Republic of the Marshall Islands

• Elections and Referenda Act 1980
• Election Offences Act 1980

Samoa 

• Electoral Act 2019
• Electoral Commission Act 2019
• Electoral Constituencies Act 2019
• Electoral Amendment Act 2021

Solomon Islands

• Electoral Act 2018
• Electoral (Amendment) Act 2018
• Electoral Act 2018 – Electoral Regulations 2018
• Electoral (Amendment) Regulations 2019
• Constitution (Amendment) (Electoral Reform) Act 2018

Timor-Leste

• Law on the Election of National Parliament 2006
• First Amendment to Law on the Election of National Parliament 2007
• Second Amendment to Law on the Election of National Parliament 2011
• Third Amendment to the Law on the Election of National Parliament 2012
• Fourth Amendment to the Law on the Election of National Parliament 2017
• Law on the Election of the President of the Republic 2006 
• First Amendment to Law on the Election of the President of the Republic 2007
• Second Amendment to Law on the Election of the President of the Republic 2011
• Third Amendment to the Law on the Election of the President of the Republic 2012
• Fifth Amendment to the Law on the Election of the President of the Republic 2017
• Sixth Amendment to the Law on the Election of the President of the Republic 2021
• Electoral Administration Bodies 2006
• First Amendment to Law on Electoral Administration Bodies 2011
• Second Amendment to Law on Electoral Administration Bodies 2016
• Third Amendment to the Law on Electoral Administration Bodies 2021
• Legal Regime for the Financing of Political Parties 2008

Tokelau

• National Elections Rules 2013

Kingdom of Tonga

• Electoral Act 1989
• Electoral Regulations 2010
• Electoral Boundaries Commission Act Act 2010
• Electoral Commission Act 2010
• Election Petition Rules 2016
• Electoral Boundaries Regulations 2017
• Electoral (Election of Representatives of the Nobles) Regulations 2017
• Legislative Assembly Act 1915
• Legislative Assembly (Election of Representatives of the Nobles) Regulations 1948
• District and Town Officers Act 1930
• District and Town Officers (Election) Regulations 2019
• Supreme Court Rules 2007

Tuvalu  

• Electoral Provisions (Parliament) Act 1980
• Electoral Provisions (Parliament) Regulations 1980
• Electoral Provisions (Parliament) Amendment Act 2011
• Electoral Provisions (Parliament) Amendment Act 2014
• Electoral Provisions Parliament (Amendment) No. 2 Act 2014
• Electoral Provisions (Parliament) (Amendment) Act 2018
• Electoral Provisions (Parliament) Amendment Act 2019

Vanuatu

• Representation of the People Act 1982
• Referendum Act 2004
• Referendum (Amendment) Act 2016

Electoral management bodies in the Pacific region have implemented a range of changes in their delivery of elections during COVID-19. This page contains examples of resources utilised by members of the PIANZEA Network.

Australia

• Groom by-election service plan
• Report of the inquiry on the future conduct of elections operating during times of emergency situations (Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters)
• Eden-Monaro by-election video: COVID-19 information
• Eden-Monaro by-election video: public health in the polling place

New Zealand

• COVID-19 Public Health Response (Election and Referendums) Order 2020
• Protocol on communications related to the 2020 General Election process
• Protocol on the management and response to election disruptions
• Introduction to inter-agency protocols for New Zealand’s 2020 General Election
• Report of the Electoral Commission on the 2020 General Election and referendums