CIP: Polling stations open, few queues, but register book problems – Mozambique Elections

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CIP: Polling stations open, few queues, but register book problems – Mozambique Elections

6:13 CAT | 10 Oct 2018

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All polling stations have opened, but some opened late, and one in Beira at Inhamizua primary school only opened at 11.15 am because staff were only sent then. Long queues remain in a few places, including Tete and Angoche, some polling stations still have queues of 20 to 30 people, including Marromeu and Chimoio, but in most there are no longer queues. Turnout will probably be about 50%, more in the north and less in the south.

Turnout is very mixed. Each polling station should have 800 voters, and normally each on is in a school classroom. But correspondents note that often one classroom will have a long queue and the adjoining one with no one waiting. Most people appear to be voting in the morning.

The biggest problem is confusion with register books, with some registration books incomplete and with differences between different copies of the register. (See below)

Bored young me in long queues in some places have created disturbances and in some cases the police have had to intervene, and have restored order. But nearly everywhere our correspondents report smooth operation of polling station.

Source: 2018 Local Elections - Mozambique Political Process Bulletin