Half of registered voters from Nafinua and Kwaiafa polling stations in Malaita have to be assisted when casting their ballots.
This was due to confusion over the new process and lack of educational awareness in the area ahead of the polls, voters there said.
A Solomon Star reporter at the station last Wednesday witnessed many voters heading straight to the ballot box to drop their ballots without marking them.
A villager in the area, Wilson Lada, said lack of awareness from the electoral commission ahead of the polls was a contributing factor.
