Polling stations across the country saw a steady stream of voters from the opening of polls at 6:00 a.m. on Monday.  Along the East Coast Demerara corridor, voters flocked to various polling places before the opening of polls to be among the first few to cast their votes.

At Lusignan Primary School, eager voters lined up early to cast their ballots, while at Bladen Hall Multilateral and Strathspey Primary schools, a large turnout was observed, with many citizens double-checking their names on the Official list of electors before making their way to their designated polling stations.

Similar scenes played out at Hope Secondary School, where residents flocked the location just after polls opened. Some voters were already lined up before 6:00 a.m., and the flow remained steady throughout the morning.

At the Helena Nursery School in Mahaica, Satya Singh described the process as “smooth” after voting alongside his mother and other family members.

While there, representatives of the Commonwealth Observer mission disclosed that what they had observed for the day thus far was a smooth process as they had visited five polling places all before 9:00am.

Meanwhile, voting also got underway at Belladrum Primary and Secondary schools without incident as the same can be said for other communities along the West Coast Berbice corridor.