2016 snap elections

Thousands of Vanuatu youth denied chance to vote

She says this is because the nature of the snap election means the Electoral Commission has been unable to issue new electoral cards to many of those people.

Ms Meto says this is unfair as it means more than 3,000 young people will not be able to exercise their right to vote, and will have to wait until 2020 to be heard.

Commonwealth observers head to Vanuatu

A former Prime Minister of the Bahamas, Hubert Ingraham, will lead the group, which also comprises of Australian federal MP Jane Prentice and a former supervisor of elections in Fiji, Walter Rigamoto.

The group says it will examine pre-election preparations, voting and counting procedures and the announcement of results.