More than 1,000 people in New Caledonia are registered to vote in Friday's snap election in Vanuatu.
A voting booth will be made available in Noumea for the election which is to choose a new parliament.
The election was brought forward by the president after almost a third of MPs were jailed for corruption and the remaining MPs failed to overcome the stalemate in the house.
263 candidates, including eight women, are standing for the 52 seats.
There are further calls in Vanuatu for the electoral commission to clarify who can vote this Friday and who cannot.
Vanuatu's Electoral Commission has hit out at claims that high numbers of young people won't be able to vote in the snap election this Friday.
A youth advocacy group in Vanuatu says this Friday's snap election will deny thousands of young people their constitutional rights. Audio
A women's advocate in Vanuatu says the lack of women candidates for next week's snap election is disappointing, but is the product of a patriarchal political system.
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