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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1994
ELECTORS REMINDED TO VOTE TOMORROW
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THE REGISTRATION AND ELECTORAL OFFICE (REO) TODAY (SATURDAY) REMINDED MORE THAN TWO MILLION REGISTERED ELECTORS THAT THE POLLING HOURS OF THE DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS TOMORROW (SUNDAY) WILL START FROM 7.30 AM AND LAST UNTIL 10.30 PM.
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A REO SPOKESMAN SAID AN ELECTOR WAS ONLY REQUIRED ALONG HIS IDENTITY CARD TO THE POLLING STATION. BUT IT FACILITATE THE POLLING PROCEEDING IF HE COULD ALSO BRING ALONG POLL CARD, ISSUED TO HIM AT LEAST 10 DAYS BEFORE THE POLLING DAY.
A TOTAL OF 372 POLLING STATIONS WILL BE OPENED ON THE POLLING
DAY.
"THE BALLOT IS SECRET. NO ONE CAN FORCE A PERSON TO VOTE OR NOT TO VOTE FOR ANY PARTICULAR CANDIDATE; AND NO ONE IS REQUIRED TO TELL WHICH CANDIDATE HE HAS VOTED FOR OR IS GOING TO VOTE FOR," HE SAID.
THE SPOKESMAN ALSO REMINDED ELECTORS THAT THEY SHOULD MARK A "TICK" SIGN IN THE CIRCLE SPACE OPPOSITE THE NAME OF THE CANDIDATE FOR WHOM HE WISHED TO VOTE.
НЕ SHOULD THEN FOLD THE BALLOT PAPER TO CONCEAL THE MARK AND COME OUT OF THE POLLING BOOTH.
THE FOLDED BALLOT PAPER SHOULD THEN BE PUT INTO A SEALED BALLOT BOX IN THE PRESENCE OF A POLLING STAFF MEMBER, AFTER WHICH THE ELECTOR SHOULD LEAVE THE POLLING STATION WITHOUT UNDUE DELAY.
то REGULATE CANVASSING ACTIVITIES TO MAINTAIN FREE AND SAFE PASSAGE FOR ELECTORS, A RESTRICTED CANVASSING ARBA MAY BE SET UP OUTSIDE A POLLING STATION.
"SUCH AN AREA COULD ALSO ENSURE THAT ELECTORS ARE NOT UNDULY HARASSED ON THEIR WAY TO A POLLING STATION, WHILE ALLOWING EACH CANDIDATE A FAIR CHANCE OF PROMOTING HIMSELF," HE SAID.
FOR THE FIRST TIME, 22 SPECIFIED POLLING STATIONS WILL BE OPENED FOR PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED ELECTORS WHO ARE IN NEED OF AN ACCESSIBLE POLLING STATION TO VOTE. THESE STATIONS ARE PART OF THE 171 POLLING STATIONS ACCESSIBLE TO PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED ELECTORS.
A TOTAL OF 707 CANDIDATES WILL VIE FOR 296 CONSTITUENCIES THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY. FIFTY CANDIDATES WHO WERE UNCONTESTED IN THEIR RESPECTIVE CONSTITUENCIES WERE AUTOMATICALLY ELECTED.
TOMORROW, THE THREE MEMBERS OF THE BOUNDARY AND ELECTION COMMISSION WILL SEPARATELY VISIT POLLING STATIONS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY TO SEE HOW THE ELECTIONS GO.
"IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE COMMISSION TO ENSURE THAT ELECTIONS ARE CONDUCTED OPENLY, HONESTLY AND FAIRLY, THE SPOKESMAN
SAID.
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