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General News of Tuesday, 7 December 2004 The polling stations are Oforikrom and Ayigya Zongo where Mr Isaac Asamoah-Adusei, the presiding officer for Oforikrom Mixed School polling station told the GNA that even though they were expecting the CPP agents, they had not arrived at the start of voting. Then at the Salem polling station at Nyinahin, there were no security and when the GNA enquired from Mr John Osei Bonsu, the presiding officer, he said the policeman who was supposed to be at the polling station was manning five other polling stations alone. He also bemoaned the absent of security personnel at the polling station at about 0930 hours and said even though the atmosphere generally was peaceful the presence of security personnel would go a long way to ensure that the voting went on successfully. www.ghanaweb.com /GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=71297   (2989 words)

ASSOCIATED PRESS OF PAKISTAN NEWS SUMMARY Polling that began at a slow pace in the morning accelerated later with the passage of time, she said and added that out of total 1016 votes at this polling station about 200 voters have already exercised their right to vote within about three hours. The enthusiastic voters were seen reaching the polling stations through different means of transport and approaching the camps of their favourite candidates to get their vote and booth numbers and then walked inside the polling station for casting vote. During the visit to review polling process and arrangements at both male and female polling stations in Sector G-6 by this correspondent, a large number of people were seen going to the polling stations to cast their votes. www.infopak.gov.pk /news/appnews/appnews2002/app_oct11_2002.htm   (5991 words)

Short description of the assignment: international Polling station supervisors The polling centre was managed by an international polling centre manager with a group of national and international assistants manning a help desk to guide the voters to their polling station and manage the queue outside the polling stations. The IPSS’ position at the polling station had to be performed in accordance with the general code of conduct and to allow the chairperson to perform his/her duty as the one in charge of procedures inside the polling station. In polling centers that did not have help desk teams or polling station manager staff, the PSC chairperson had to take some of the responsibility for organizing the station and the queue of voters in the most expedient way. www.humanrights.uio.no /forskning/publ/nr/2002/02/nordem_report-Short.html   (707 words)

Pravda.RU:Polling station opens in Baghdad for Russian citizens to vote A polling station opened in Baghdad at 08.00, the local time, where the Russian citizens will be able to take part in the presidential elections ahead of time, chairman of the election commission, counsellor of the Russian embassy in Iraq Alexei Solomatin, told RIA Novosti. The polling station was opened in the building of the Russian consulate. The polling station in Baghdad will be opened till 20.00 on Friday. english.pravda.ru /world/2004/03/12/52739_.html   (194 words)

Partija Uspaskich's labor party was leading in the polls for the parliamentary election in... The Labour Party captured 28.32 percent of the vote, an exit poll by the... lithuanian.encyclopedia.st /Partija   (494 words)

The Zimbabwe Independent Polling stations in Mashonaland West were increased by 82%, apparently because the Zanu PF government was confident of support there. Polling stations failed to clear voters in both 2000 and 2002 even though elections were held over two days. Visits to polling stations showed that by 13:00hrs most voters had cast their ballots at an average 400 voters per polling station. www.theindependent.co.zw /news/2005/April/Friday1/2025.html   (695 words)

The Hindu : National / Elections 2004 : To the polling station, on an elephant Apart from elephants, country boats were also used to ferry polling personnel to the remote areas of the Guwahati Lok Sabha constituency while in places such as Lengpi in Boko with about 1,200 voters, the polling teams trekked about 12 km of jungle to reach the polling centres. Suren Talukdar, the 60-year-old polling officer who aslo travelled on an elephant, looked nervous and checked his shirt pocket every now and then to be sure he had not forgotten the medicine for high blood pressure. Tapanjit Rajkonwar, presiding officer of the Borkachang polling centre in a Karbi village near the Assam-Meghalaya border under Guwahati Lok Sabha constituency, was excited. www.hindu.com /2004/04/20/stories/2004042001451300.htm   (585 words)

CBC News - Viewpoint: Sara Newham The first polling station we attended was in a little village where residents still get their water from the common well. We observed the ballot count at a polling station in the town of Bila Tserkov (White Church). Like the first station, at other polling stations we did not see any overt signs that the election had been rigged. www.cbc.ca /news/viewpoint/vp_newham/20041123.html   (1149 words)

The Hindu : Other States / Punjab News : Panic spreads as cop's pistol goes off In Doda town where special polling stations had been set up for women, a large number of them turned out to exercise their franchise and told reporters that they are voting to ensure peace in the state and development in their district. He was escorted to the polling station by his grandchildren to enable him to exercise his right of franchise. Similarly, a 105-year voter, Abdul, assisted by his relatives cast his vote at Trangi polling station in Kishtwar town of Doda district. www.hindu.com /2004/05/11/stories/2004051103680300.htm   (527 words)

Indiainfo.com -> News -> Spotlight -> Elections 2004 -> Estimated 60 % exercises their franchise in Assam The villagers alleged they had earlier appealed to the authorities that the polling station was far away and it should be changed to a nearer one, but this was not done, forcing the entire village to stay away from the polls. In another incident, villagers of Jortusar under Bogaribari police station in Bilasipara West of Dhubri constituency boycotted the polls as their polling station number 57A was at a considerable distance from the village. Unidentified miscreants broke electronic voting machines (EVMs) in polling station number 82 at Kachuabil L P School in Kokrajhar constituency, while five other EVMs were broken in four polling stations in Mangaldoi constituency, forcing voting to be suspended. news.indiainfo.com /spotlight/elections2004/2004assam.html   (295 words)

MIRPURKHAS: Peaceful polling in Mirpurkhas -DAWN - Local; October 11, 2002 However, during the last hours of the polling, the workers persuaded voters in going to the polling stations to cast their votes as a result of which the turnout in rural areas was between 25 and 30 per cent, while in urban areas it was between 30 and 40 per cent. At a polling station in the Khursheed Begum Girls High School, MQM and PPP women workers started fighting as a result of which some women were injured. Lack of security arrangements was witnessed at some polling stations. www.dawn.com /2002/10/11/local25.htm   (381 words)

BADIN: Badin polling peaceful but dull -DAWN - Local; October 11, 2002 The votes polled till 11am at polling station-12 were 14 against 466 registered votes, 50 votes were cast at polling station-11 at 12:00 noon and at polling station-7, out of 1056 registered voters, 107 cast their votes at 1:00 pm. The polling lacked its traditional fervour and enthusiasm in majority of the 642 polling stations in the district. A team of journalists visited many polling stations in the district and observed the turnout was very low in the morning and it improved somewhat at about 3pm. www.dawn.com /2002/10/11/local27.htm   (289 words)

Middle East Online A policeman was killed and four others wounded when a bomber blew himself up near a polling station in Baghdad's upmarket Mansur district in the western part of the capital, the interior ministry said. North of Baghdad, a female voter and a child was killed and 15 others wounded in a mortar attack on a polling station in the northern Iraqi town of Balad, police said. Iraqi soldiers surrounded polling stations, and it was difficult for people to move around. www.middle-east-online.com /english?id=12543   (717 words)

Aljazeera.Net - Baghdad bomb targets police station Also, one man was wounded in an attack on another polling station at al-Dur and another civilian was injured in a mortar attack on a voting centre in Tikrit. The policeman was shot dead by attackers as he stood guard at one voting station in the east of the city, police said. Officers guarding the police station in the capital's southern Dora neighbourhood opened fire on the vehicle as it sped towards them and exploded, a police official said on Friday. english.aljazeera.net /NR/exeres/3C33A8E7-31AB-432E-860B-25946EA957A2.htm   (361 words)

The Cambodia Daily WEEKEND Fifteen minutes after the polling station opened, a crowd of jostling and laughing voters, holding their registration material out to be verified, were mobbing the entrance of the polling station. The first voter to cast his ballot walked up to the polling station doors at exactly 7:00, and after election officials checked the validity of his registration card, allowed him to walk inside the station. Kompong cham town - Voters came early to the polling stations in Kompong Cham town, some rising as early as three in the morning to make it to the polls by 7 am. www.camnet.com.kh /cambodia.daily/selected_features/making_mark.htm   (391 words)

Scuffles break out at Australia polling station as Iraqis abroad line up for a second day of voting Fistfights broke out at an Australian polling station for Iraqis abroad Saturday when a group of Islamic extremists chanted slogans against those casting ballots, while Iraqis around the world voted for a second day in their homeland's election. The scuffle was the first report of trouble to mar polling that began a day earlier under tight security, allowing Iraqi expatriates in 14 countries to cast absentee ballots for Iraq's first democratic election in half a century. The low numbers of registrants were attributed to a shortage of registration and polling places, fears of violence or reprisals from Iraq's violent insurgency and lack of documentation. www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2005/01/29/international1325EST0511.DTL   (926 words)

CNN.com - Two killed in Egypt vote clashes - Dec 7, 2005 In the north Sinai town of el-Arish, voters waited for hours outside two polling stations that were blocked off by lines of police, and clashes broke out between voters and police, an AP reporter said. Independent monitors and human groups have reported numerous irregularities, including the busing of state employees to polling stations, tampering with ballot boxes, bribing of voters, blockading of polling stations, and intimidation and assaults on voters. Police also cordoned off polling stations in the southern city of Sohag, frustrating hundreds of voters. www.cnn.com /2005/WORLD/meast/12/07/egypt.vote.deaths.ap   (1180 words)

Centre for Policy Alternatives Al Ashraq National School, Nintavur (Polling Stations 112 and 116, Pottuvil): persons gathered outside the polling station had leaflets promoting the number of one candidate in their hands and they were attempting to distribute it to persons going in to the polling station. The EPDP has complained that their polling agents in Potuvil, Kalmunai and Sammanturai were intimidated and chased away from polling stations. S.C. Faleel, the CMEV monitor at Sennal Gramam Zahra Vidyalaya (Polling Stations 32 and 33, Sammanturai)had been threatened on the previous night by a group of unidentified persons who came to his home and said he would be killed if he monitored the elections. www.cpalanka.org /cmev_3rd_Report_Polling_Day_2nd_April_2004.html   (891 words)

Boston.com / News / World / Middle East / Iraqi sets up polling station in Egypt Murad is among 6,000 or so Iraqis living in Egypt who have found themselves without a local polling station to vote in their homeland's first election in 50 years. He is so eager to take part in the Jan. 30 election for an Iraqi national assembly that he has set up his own polling station after learning that Egypt, where he lives, is not one of the 14 countries designated for voting by expatriate Iraqis. He is so eager to take part in the Jan. 30 election for an Iraqi national assembly that he has set up his own polling station after learning that Egypt, where he lives, is not one of the 14 countries designated for... www.boston.com /news/world/middleeast/articles/2005/01/17/iraqi_sets_up_polling_station_in_egypt   (584 words)

Embassy of israel Press releases Voting at polling stations abroad, in prisons and detention facilities, and in hospitals will be done via the double-envelope system. The polling stations on the west coast of the US (Los Angeles and San Francisco) will open at 19:00 Israel time on Thursday, 25.1.2001, and close at 06:00 Israel time on Friday, 26.1.2001. The following people are eligible to vote at the 99 aforementioned polling stations: State employees and employees of The Jewish Agency for Israel, the World Zionist Organization, the Jewish National Fund, and Keren Hayesod who are stationed abroad for work purposes. www.israelemb.org /press/2001/January/2001010901.html   (283 words)

The Jakarta Post - The Journal of Indonesia Today Polling Station No. 046 in Kebagusan, South Jakarta, suddenly came to life when President Megawati Soekarnoputri and members of her family arrived at 11 a.m. At Polling Station No. 001 in the Widya Chandra housing complex, where many high-ranking state officials reside, the Susilo-Kalla pair took 131 votes compared to Megawati's 72 votes. In Polling Station No. 046, Megawati and running mate Hasyim Muzadi received 195 votes, compared to the 78 votes for Susilo and running mate Jusuf Kalla. www.thejakartapost.com /yesterdaydetail.asp?fileid=20040921.@03   (391 words)

About My Vote - Vote by polling stations The polling station is often a school or local hall near where you live. Voting at a polling station is very straightforward and there is always a member of staff available to help if you're not sure what to do. Tell the staff inside the polling station your name and address so they can check that you are on the electoral register. www.aboutmyvote.co.uk /HowtoVote/PollStat.cfm   (447 words)

NewsFromRussia.Com Homemade bomb explosion killed 4 in Pakistan polling station A homemade bomb exploded near a polling station Thursday while clashes between supporters of rival candidates in Pakistani municipal elections left four dead and 70 others wounded, police said. A homemade bomb exploded near a polling station Thursday while clashes between supporters of rival candidates in Pakistani municipal elections left four dead and 70 others wounded, police said More details... Polls opened in 53 districts to elect councilors and voting in the remaining 56 will be held on Aug. 25. newsfromrussia.com /world/2005/08/18/61425.html   (1663 words)

US Election: Inequality Stalks the Polling Station By the time the polls open, wealthy citizens will have determined which candidates their poorer compatriots may choose between in the presidential face-off and in hundreds of contests in Congress and in local legislatures across the land. This year's polls come amid the most unbalanced distribution of wealth and income in the United States since the Great Depression of the late 1920s and 1930s, according to figures compiled by the official Congressional Budget Office. Numerous polls have shown that the U.S. public remains more tolerant of economic inequality -- and more likely to blame poverty on individuals' supposed sloth or lack of talent -- than are people in other countries, says Jacobs. www.commondreams.org /headlines04/0706-03.htm   (1038 words)

Times of Zambia When they arrived at the Polling Station he asked some people to put his daughter somewhere because she was the one who was assisting the disabled mother. In short, the evidence of RW 2 1 rebuts the evidence of PW 17 under Chona Polling Station while the evidence of RW 13 is a rebuttal of the evidence of PWs 19, 20 and 21 under Ntambo Polling Station. She told the Court that the Polling Station had 857 registered voters. www.times.co.zm /news/viewnews.cgi?category=8&id=1109532291   (4537 words)

Armenian presidential elections 1998 - British Helsinki Human Rights Group Report on the Second Round As in the First Round, it was striking that Mr Demirchyan's representatives in the polling stations were largely satisfied with the conduct of the poll both on 30th March and on 16th March. The problem with their presence was that since they were outside the polling station they could only be hearsay witnesses to what might go on inside it. In each polling station, the observers interviewed the proxies of the two candidates as well as election commission members and ordinary voters. www.asbarez.com /aol/election98/98040312.htm   (1989 words)

The Law and the voting process for disabled people - (Disabilities Article) 51% of polling stations had a tactile template available for visually impaired people and had staff on duty who knew where they were and how to use them (this is a legal requirement). While the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) does not make explicit reference to polling stations, the Electoral Commission supports the view that the voting process is a public service and is therefore covered by the DDA Part 3. A tactile device must be available at each polling station to help blind and partially sighted voters. www.disabilities.afreepress.com /articles/index.cfm?artOID=299218&cp=309460   (613 words)

Scream Dialup Station polling For example, you can call stations connected by land lines on a normal phone line modem connected to one serial port, but stations connected by cellular phone from a cellular modem, connected to a different serial port. Commencement of the polling can be contolled either by a simple “Every n hours” rule, or by a more complex and controllable “Specified Times” rule. To prevent one station from using all telephone time, there is an option to limit each call. www.guralp.com /faq/scream_dialup_station_polling.htm   (545 words)

EFL Geek: ESL & EFL in Korea I just installed the new polling module for Expression Engine and it works really well. I have just installed a very easy to use polling script and will now run a weekly poll in the side-bar. I asked this in a poll ages ago, but that poll script ended up not working when I moved to EE and now that Ee has a native poll module I can ask it again. eflgeek.com /index.php/eflgeek/C14   (2673 words)

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