Voting has begun in the Talensi bye-election to elect a new Parliamentary candidate to occupy the seat which has become vacant after the sitting MP, Robert Mosore resigned his position, following his enskinment as paramount Chief on Tongo.
The poll which started 7:00am is expected to close by 5pm.
The Electoral Commission (EC) has expressed its commitment to conduct an incident free election whose outcome they hope will be accepted by all the contesting political parties.
Each polling station has been allocated two Biometric Voting Device (BVD) to ensure that the voting process is not truncated in the unfortunate event that one machine breaks down.
The police have also stated that everything needed for the elections with regards to security has been put in place to ensure that the election is peaceful.
The police indicated that with the kind of planning that has gone into preparation for Tuesday’s elections, it was unlikely for any mishaps to occur during the polls.
“Two police officers will be assigned to each polling station while our riot control vehicles are stationed in Tongo to quell any chaos should it happen”, Upper East Regional Police PRO Thomas Agbanyo told Kasapa 102.3 FM.
Kasapa FM’s reporter on the grounds in Talensi Isaac Badiako reports that there are not yet long queues as most of the electorates are farmers and may want to visit their farms early before returning to cast their vote.
A total of 39,523 voters are expected to cast their ballot.
By: Kasapafmonline.com/Ghana
