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Disciplined Forces complete voting kicks off 2015 General Elections
– ballots will be stamped on E-Day
Members of the Joint Services yesterday cast the first set of ballots for the much anticipated General Elections.
The actual elections will be held on Monday May 11 but the members of the Joint Services who will be required to provide security on that day were required to vote ahead of the normal voting populace.
Ranks proudly display their inked fingers after casting their votes at the Cove and John Police Station.
Over 7,000 ranks were expected to cast their votes yesterday, during a process that was described as a bit slow at the beginning but which picked up pace as the day progressed.
Early lines turned into trickles of people and before the end of the day, most of the voting had been completed.
Polling stations were set up at the various military locations including the Guyana Defence Force Headquarters, Camp Ayanganna, Police Headquarters, Eve Leary and the Guyana Prison Service Sports Club on Camp Street.
Some of the voters described the process as a bit slow, estimating that it took about three minutes for each to complete the process.
However there were no major hiccups, except for a few minor concerns about the stamping of the ballots, which was not done yesterday.
In response to these concerns the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) explained in a press statement released yesterday afternoon that the ballots would be stamped on E-day, May 11th.
In the release, GECOM emphasized that the ballot papers issued to the Joint Services were indeed not stamped with the six digit stamp when handed to the ranks for their vote.
The release went on to state that they will in actuality be signed on elections day, when they are inter-mixed with other ballots and counted on elections day at the gazette polling stations.
GECOM also sought to assuage the concerns of the public by pledging that the votes of all the disciplined forces will be counted and that the entire process was being observed by agents of the political parties and Local and international observers.
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