Vote buying and cross-border registrations marred a mostly peaceful and democratic election in Solomon Islands last year.
That's according to a recently released report from the Australian National University, or ANU.
For the report, locally-led research teams spent three weeks in 15 constituencies observing the electoral process and interviewing almost 5,000 people.
Koroi Hawkins has more.
Photo: RNZ Pacific/ Koroi Hawkins
