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Reply to "GECOM Chair defends reduction of private residences as polling stations"

The Carter Center Report on the 2015 General and Regional Elections noted that because of the lack of state establishments in some areas, 166 (or 7%) of the 2,299 polling stations across the country were located in private buildings and residences.

She [GECOM Chairman] explained that of the 2,339 polling stations that have been finalized, 92 are located at private residences.

The PPP on Thursday cited a number of problem areas including Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara. It said that with almost 7,000 electors, GECOM has reduced the number of polling places from ten to two, eliminating completely all private residences, while cramping all the polling stations into two schools situated at the same location. This, it said, will definitely result in confusion.

 

Where are the problems ,the Opposition crying foul about ? there is an increase in polling Stations and the numbers of private residences used as polling stations have decreased. Schools are larger buildings ,which can have numbers of Polling Booths.

Mon Repos ,number of  Electors isn't 7,000 , actually it's 6,575 if all exists.

Django
Last edited by Django
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