Voting extends beyond closing time as long queues hit Ho Central NPP polls
Voting for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) constituency executive elections in Ho, Ghana, was extended due to long queues and a limited number of polling stations. Election officials and police ensured that all delegates present before the closing time were permitted to cast their ballots.
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Ho (V/R), July 11, GNA – Voting in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Ho Central Constituency Executive elections has been extended beyond the scheduled closing time as long queues persisted at the OLA Senior High School polling Centre.
As of 1700 hours, 1,435 delegates had cast their ballots out of the 1,933 delegates expected to vote.
Hundreds of delegates were still waiting patiently in the queue to exercise their franchise, prompting election officials to assure party members that every accredited delegate in the queue before the closing time would be allowed to vote before counting commenced.
Officials of the Electoral Commission (EC) attributed the slow pace of voting to the limited number of polling centres at the venue, despite the large number of delegates.
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