William N. Jalulah
3 December 2008
Bolgatanga — Security personnel, media practitioners, staff of the Electoral Commission (EC), and other organisations, as well as some executives of the various political parties across the Upper East Region, cast their votes in the special voting held yesterday.
A total of 641 voters, made up of individuals, under the category of Ghanaians mentioned above, cast their votes in the special voting organised for them by the EC, because they would either be engaged on the day of elections, or would have duties outside their voting centres.
This is to ensure that the aforementioned voters were not disenfranchised. At the forecourt of the Bolgatanga Regional Police Headquarters, where 518 voters expected to cast their votes, our Regional Reporter, William N-lanjerborr Jalulah, was the first to cast his vote at exactly 7:00 a.m. prompt.
The Upper East Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police/Alhaji Hamidu Mahama, was among the senior security officers who voted.
While the exercise advanced steadily, some members of the public, who did not have idea about the special voting, wanted to join in the exercise, so the police and the EC officials had to explain to them to avert pandemonium.
The Presiding Officer at the centre, George Konlan, was satisfied with the smooth take off of the exercise, and urged the general public to follow this example on election day - Sunday December 7.
From Takoradi Zam R Samin also reports that the special voting for journalists, security personnel and the Electoral Commission (EC) officials, took place smoothly at 18 polling station centres selected for the exercise, in the Western Region yesterday.
In the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis, five polling stations were created, and thirteen in the other parts of the region, to facilitate the voting.
Voting began at exactly 7 a.m. with all the voters comporting themselves.
The Presiding Officer of the Effiakuma Parish Hall station, Mr. Courage Amevor, who spoke to reporters on the conduct of the exercise, expressed satisfaction with the turnout, and behaviour of the voters.
He said the exercise was being conducted in an atmosphere of peace and order.
Meanwhile, parliamentary candidates, of the various political parties contesting the elections, also went round to monitor the voting, though they were fully represented by their agents.
The situation at all the other polling stations in the metropolis, monitored as at midday, were the same - no incident.
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