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Barisal

Slow voting, high turnout

Rakib Hasnet Suman and RAFIQUL ISLAM, From Barisal
Despite a few sporadic incidents coupled with mismanagement of some sort at polling stations, Barisal City voters witnessed an 'exceptional' election held in a peaceful atmosphere, with satisfactory turnout.
Many voters, however, turned back without making the polling booths as the vote progressed at a snail's pace. Election officials in many polling stations were seen allowing people to cast their votes even an hour past the 4:00pm deadline.
Voters, candidates and observers for the Barisal City Corporation elections expressed satisfaction over the vote-taking process, but said the slovypace was frystRting, .
Many voters said they waited in the queue for hours for nothing as sluggish voting forced them to turn back home.
"I’m going back without casting my vote even though I stood in the queue for the last two hours,” said a frustrated Mariam Begum at Kashipur Govt Primary School centre, where only 974 votes were cast outof2510till 12:15pm.
Election officials admitted the allegation, but said most voters showed up at the polling stations with national ID cards, not knowing their serial number on the voter list.
"We've got to go a bit slow as we need to find out their serial numbers on the voter list," the presiding officer at Lalar Dighir Par Govt Primary School centre said.
Another official said the new system requires the assistant presiding officer to sign three ballot papers for a voter, somewhat slowing down the process.
Meantime, police and Rab charged baton at Beenapani Model Govt Primary School, Bani Mandir Govt Primary School, Orphanage School, Govt Blind School, Udayan High School, Ashwini Kumar Town Hall and Alhaj Dalil Uddin
Registered Primary School as voters were getting impatient with the slow pace of vote taking.
Rab also charged baton on female voters at Matsya Shramik Govt Primary School in Palashpur area, leaving 10 injured.
Law enforcers detained 12 people at polling stations on charges of breaching the electoral code of conduct, including setting up of temporary camps in front of polling station* and attempts-to ihfluence the voters, a Rab official said.
He said the arrested had threatened the voters and misbehaved themselves.
Police also beat up two supporters of a mayoral candidate at ward No. 30 as they were seen moving around with the election symbol of their leader stuck to their chests.