{"id":240972,"date":"2019-12-06T12:17:45","date_gmt":"2019-12-06T16:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=240972"},"modified":"2019-12-06T12:37:08","modified_gmt":"2019-12-06T16:37:08","slug":"electoral-office-encourages-voters-to-continue-exercising-their-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/electoral-office-encourages-voters-to-continue-exercising-their-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Electoral Office encourages voters to continue exercising their rights"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Voters waiting for their turn in the Roseau Central constituency Friday morning<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Press\/Public Education Officer at the Electoral Commission, Elias Dupuis has encouraged persons to continue exercising their rights to vote throughout the day.<\/p>\n

During an interview with Dominicanewsonline (DNO) today, Dupuis stated that so far, voting, for the most part, has started on time.<\/p>\n

He said although there were a couple of delays, those were resolved within a reasonable amount of time.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we have seen is the lines at polling stations around the country are getting long pretty early this morning which we take as a good sign, a sign that Dominicans are conscious and want to be involved in the politics of their country. \u201c he said.<\/p>\n

He said there have been no serious reports of any incidents and at the moment and voting continues well.<\/p>\n

Dupuis hopes that the operations will proceed smoothly through the day and that security measures are in place if any incidents were to occur.<\/p>\n

He advised voters to leave the polling areas within a reasonable amount of time after voting, to ensure that there are no undue security concerns.<\/p>\n

Meantime, in the audio interview below, a voter in the Roseau Central constituency shared her thoughts on the elections with Dominica News Online (DNO) this morning.<\/p>\n

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A Roseau Central voter shows off her dipped thumb<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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