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Disciplined Forces to vote today

Mar 08, 2016 News

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has announced that the disciplined forces will be allowed to cast their votes today for the Local Government Elections (LGE).
Plans and activities are in place to support the process, a release from the commission stated yesterday.
The release continued that the Ballots were extracted, sorted and enveloped after arrival on March 1, 2016, in accordance to schedule, and the movement of these Ballots to the respective Balloting Stations began yesterday.
“Ballot Stations for the Disciplined Services Ranks are located at their places of duty or deployment. These include 19 locations for the Guyana Defence Force, five locations for the Guyana Prison Service and four for the Guyana Police Force.”
A total of 6,978 ranks have been registered to vote. This number includes the 4,693 from the Guyana Police Force (GPF), 1,928 from the Guyana Defence Force and 357 electors from the Guyana Prison Service.
Ballot Stations will be opened from 6:00 hours to 18:00 hours tomorrow.
Each Ballot Sheet for a member of the Disciplined Forces is placed into two envelopes. The outer envelope bears the elector’s name along with the District and Local Authority Area in which he/she is required to vote. The inner envelope bears the District, Local Authority Area and the Constituency in which he/she is required to vote.
Ballot Boxes will be returned to GECOM after voting tomorrow, and kept in the secured custody of the Chief Election Officer under guard by Members of the Guyana Police Force.
The Ballots cast by members of the Disciplined Forces will be sorted by Local Authority and Constituency to be dispatched to the respective Returning Officers for intermixing on Election Day, which is, March 18, 2016.
The Polling Stations identified for the intermixing of the Disciplined Forces ballots will be gazetted.

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