Politics Voting Progress 5 Accra

Voting started smoothly at the Odododiodio constituency in

the Greater Accra Region without the long queues that

characterized the first round of elections on December 7. As at 0745 hours when GNA visited the Old Ga Manste Court

polling station with number C050107 in the Ngleshie electoral

area, Miss Patience Opare, Presiding Officer, said there were

adequate electoral materials and 58 out of 632 eligible voters had

cast their ballots. "We hope that by noon majority of the people would have

come to vote" she said. At the T.B. Bukom Park and Sakumo Tso Shishi Palace polling stations, voters were seen in the queues waiting patiently

for their turn to cast their ballot. Mr Bright Hammond, Presiding Officer at the Sakumo Tso

Shishi, said there was no difference in terms of voter turn-out compared to the first round.

"Voting is going on smoothly and there are no problems with voters without ID cards as encountered during the first round where some people mentioned different names from what was on the register," he said.

Both parties had their polling agents at all the stations visited

and there were both local and international observers as well as

personnel from the various security agencies.