Some voters in the Sekondi Constituency in the Western Region have praised the Electoral Commission (EC) for the initiative taken to ensure the speedy electoral process in this year’s general election in the area.
They indicated that in previous general election, residents had to join long queues and wait for hours before casting their ballots.
“But in this year’s exercise, EC had created many polling centres which had ensured that the process was fast.
“I can say that each voter did not spend more than five minutes to cast his/her ballot.
“So I am calling on all those who have not yet voted to go and vote. The process is fast,” one of the voters who gave her name as Elizabeth Annan indicated.
She pointed out in an interview that the process had been smooth and transparent.
At all the polling centres DGN Online visited in Sekondi and Takoradi constituencies, there were no issues with the register and the machines for identity verification.
At Well Road Primary School polling centre, 504 persons were expected to vote and as of 2:01 p.m., 216 of them had voted, according to the Presiding Officer, Anthony Ennim.
At the STMA Primary School
Dankessim 1 polling station, 515 voters were expected to cast their ballots but as of 2:13 p.m., 259 of them had voted.
At Dankessim 2 polling centre, those expected to vote were
507, out of which 260 had voted as of 2:15 p.m.
In the Takoradi Constituency, at Robert Mensah polling centre, 316 persons registered to vote, and as of 1:11 p.m., 115 of them had voted.
At Robert Mensah 1 polling centre, those expected to vote were 247, and as of 1:12 p.m.,145 had voted.
At the 31st December Day Care polling Centre, the expected voters were 642, and as of 1:31 p.m., 244 of them had voted.
From Emmanuel Opoku, Sekondi