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Part B of the room/hall which is outside the boundary of the polling

station is the waiting area where electors assemble before and after

the casting of votes and before the result of the poll is announced.

Part A and B will be separated by screens. After all electors have

cast their votes or when the polling time in up, the polling station

will become the counting station. ▲ sketch plan of a typical polling/

counting station is at Annex C and a list of all polling stations is

at Annex D.

The media will be allowed inside the polling/counting stations

and the waiting areas for slectors only during the following specific

times i

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(1) Before polling Frior to 9.30 am media representatives can go

into the waiting areas for electors, which is aither partitioned

off from the voting/counting station or for some constituencies,

is situated in a separate room altogether, to take pictures of

them assembling. They will not be able to go into the waiting

area during the intervening periods between polls. For the Urban

Council constituency, they can photograph electors assembling in

the waiting room before 2.30 pm.

(2) Beginning of counting - at the end of each poll, media representatives

will be able to photograph the ballot boxes being opened and the

ballot papers being removed from the boxes. They will not be able

to photograph the counting of votes.

(3) Declaration of counting results

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sedia will be able to cover

the declaration of results when the counting of votes is finished.

GIS officers will be present at all polling stations to

assist, If media representatives wish to interview a particular

candidate/elector, they should contact the Information Officer

'there who will.....