Polling enter second day in Jonglei
By Philip Thon Aleu
April 12, 2010 (BOR) – Voters gathered in polling stations early on Monday, the second voting day, to choose their leaders in Bor town, the capital of Jonglei State. Some voters are disappointed once told that their names are missing.
In a polling station in Malek Secondary school where 990 voters are expected 260 people voted on Sunday, the first day of polls. At the opposite station where 983 voters are anticipated only 190 people voted on Sunday. 7,913 people will cast their votes in 9 polling stations in Malek Secondary School – the center highest electorates.
In Bor Public Primary School polling center with three polling stations, 267 people voted on Sunday. Official here say few people finding their name missing. But in SSRCC office near Bor Town Power Station, a polling staff says many names are missing there. Those who never found their names were angry partly because they will not vote in the first elections of their life time. But it quite difficult to prove that one’s name is missing.
“Your name may miss in this station but you can still find it in the next,” a polling official said acknowledging the complexity in locating voters center to vote.
The NEC previously says votes will be cast in location of registration but abruptly merged polling centers.
The queues are lengthy. Voters are braving daily high temperatures at 45 degree Celsius. The atmosphere surrounding polling centers remain peaceful but security is beeped up as voters whose names are missing charge officials of denying them votes.
(ST)
Dinka Boy
Polling enter second day in Jonglei
Though South Sudan has problem, I think Jonglei citizens will cast their votes without any a huge problem of complaining because majority of these population are peaceful and they are going to act according to the law and their own wishes about candidates they preferred without other influences.
I think that the mispelling of names pehaps appear frequently in various States because some employeed individuals in the stations might randomly jote down illiterate names inaccurately. This might cause mispelling of some people’s names.
Other states are widely complaining because of SPLM but in fact, they are struggling with power and hate. We should know that SPLA is present to secure the atmosphere of elections.
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Deng Ateny Lueth
Polling enter second day in Jonglei
wow, you can see there is no way, anymore, shall any single southern sudan remain invisible in this system of inclusive participation in election.All persons of age 18 and above have casted their votes,MAJORITY have this chance for first time in history, in what others term as “FIRST INCLUSIVE” election ever held in sudan. since we are able to carry our own cross, why shouldn’t just be ourselves today, and forever.i would like to say sudan was not yet independent since 1956 until 4/11/10. sudan after british entered into confusive system of Arab which has dragged sudan into backwardness one thousand year. Dr.John, Garang used to say, middle east was the first region to devolep in the world,but was bypassed by the rest of Asia and western world. According to Garang, there is something rotten in middle. sudan sudan was the best example of what he means.