Strong turnout at polling stations in the Capital

Manama, Nov. 24 (BNA): Voters rallied en masse to the polling stations in the Capital Governorate to exercise their constitutional right of casting their ballots in the Kingdom’s legislative and municipal elections. Judge Salman Al Asfoor, Head of the Organizing Panel at General Polling Station 3 at Sitra Shopping Mall said the voters’ turnout since the early morning hours exceeded all the anticipations. The panel had prepared the station to receive voters who will cast their ballots in the 40 parliamentarians and 30 municipal seats nationwide in the Kingdom’s legislative elections. He praised the organizing crew for their high efficiency since the polling station was opened at 8 am. He added that the station is witnessing voters from various governorates, as we have opened a second lane for easy voting and to cut the queueing time as we anticipate massive turnout throughout today until station’s closing time at 8 pm. Judge Mohammed Khalid Al Hazza, Head of the Polling Station in the 10th Constituency in the Capital Governorate, affirmed the judiciary’s full supervision over the election process is the biggest proof of the elections transparency. He said since early morning, the ballot boxes and systems were ready and prepared meanwhile the monitors over the election process witnessed the stations pre-opening procedures. At exactly 8 am, the ballot casting process started amid massive turnout since the early morning hours. Constituents in the Capital Governorate will vote in lawmakers meanwhile the municipal affairs management is assumed by the Capital Board of Trustees/General Secretariat whose members will be appointed later on.