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Low voter turnout for historic LGE
After a 22-year absence, the much anticipated Local Government Elections returned yesterday only to be welcomed by a low voter turnout.
Several ranks stationed at the various Polling Stations stated that the
The start of voting in constituency 2, Tabatinga, Lethem, Region nine.
process was indeed smooth and peaceful.
Polling Stations countrywide opened at 6:00hrs and closed at 18:00hrs.
Throughout the day, text messages were being sent to citizens providing the relevant information to assist voters in locating their respective polling stations and why they should vote.
A whopping 507,663 voters were captured on the Official Voters’ List and 1,562 Polling Stations were open to facilitate voting.
The Local Authorities (Elections) Act was amended in 2009 to include as many people as possible, apart from political parties to present themselves as candidates.
There were 83 groups, three political parties, 63 individual candidates, three political parties and 17 voluntary groups.
Kaieteur News met with some electors after they had cast their ballot yesterday and they expressed some concerns. The most common issue was not knowing where people were supposed to vote.
Some electors stated that the LGEs Polling Stations were different from the Polling Stations they would have visited to vote for the General Elections.
Many also said that they did not know who they were voting for; they just showed up because they were required to vote.
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