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Bulawayo
The residents of Bulawayo woke up early this morning to go and cast their votes. Reports coming in show that all polling stations around Bulawayo opened on time with no major hitches in terms of administration of the polling stations. At opening time, there was an average of 200 - 300 people in the queues. |
| MDC Tsvangirai polling agents for Barham Green and Maphisa have been denied access into their respective polling stations because ZEC alleges that their names do not appear on their lists. |
| On average, it takes 25 minutes for 8 people to cast their ballots |
| Pumula Community Hall by 8am, three voters turned away. One had no identity card and two were not on voters roll...more>> |
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In Lobengula West, the queue of people fetching water from the local borehole is longer than the one at the polling station. More men in election queue than women. |
Mpopoma Pelandaba by 0745hrs, four voters had been turned away for inadequate identification documents. One ZESN observer also turned away because he was not wearing the ZESN accreditation card. |
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| PLUMTREE |
| Residents in Plumtree were entertained the whole night by ZANU PF supporters who sang and chanted slogans and toyi-toyied around the town. Election rules say that campaigning should have ended by 12 midnight. Opposition has taken such actions as intimidation. In Gwambwe in Mangwe District voting had not started as there was no voter’s roll... |
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| NKAYI |
| Opening times for polling stations recorded in Nkayi |
- Hlangabeza - opened at 0652hrs - voter turnout +17
- Nkayi High - opened at 0707hrs - voter turnout +12
- Dimbamiwa - opened at 0635hrs - voter turnout +12
- Nkati Primary - opened at 0630hrs - voter turnout approx +25
- Guqeni Primary - 0645hrs - voter turnout 10
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| TSHOLOTSHO |
| Dombo – The polling station opened on time. A cross-section of voters has turned up and police are maintaining peace and calm. |
| Thabisa - On average it seems it takes two minutes for a person to vote. 85% of those in the cues are female. There is confusion about the four ballot papers. People do not understand how they are supposed to vote and hence they are taking longer in the booths. |
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| HWANGE |
| There is a peaceful voting process in Hwange so far although 3 have been turned away for not producing voting slips. Each candidate has two polling agents in the polling station though Taongana Langton has no agent present. |
| Nsumanu - 67 people have voted so far meaning that it takes approximately two minutes for a person to vote. Two people have been turned away because they had no original identity cards but had photocopies instead. Two observers were turned away because they had come to the wrong wards. 90% of those in the cue are male. |
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| BEITBRIDGE |
Long queues, but slight confusion as there are too many polling agents and observers in the same polling stations. Turn-out is very high. No information from inside the polling station. |
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| GWERU CENTRAL |
| People started queing up to vote as early as 6am while the Ascot polling stations are said to have started the voting process at 7:12 and 7:30am. Queues are long and the youth militia is present garbed in police officers uniforms. |
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| LUPANE |
| By 9am, over 200 voters had cast their votes in Jotsholo. At Tshongogwe polling station, 80 voters had cast their votes while at Ngombami polling station, 49 voters had cast their votes. In most polling stations the voters are predominantly elderly voters. |
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| GWANDA |
The majority of polling stations in Gwanda opened on time at 0700hrs. |
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| VICTORIA FALLS |
| Chinchasa - The polling station opened at 7:12am with just 4 people waiting to vote. Voting process taking a lot of time as one voter took 20mins and the next 7mins to cast their votes. |
| Nyamagundi - There were complaints that the lighting in the polling station was so bad, officials had to open the windows. Voters say as a result they could not see properly the colours of the ballot papers and who it was they were casting their votes for. |
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