POLLING stations across the country saw a steady stream of voters from the opening of polls at 06:00hrs on Monday.
Along the East Coast Demerara (ECD) corridor, voters flocked to various polling places before the opening of polls to be among the first few to cast their votes.
While traversing that corridor, at the Mon Repos Primary and Lusignan Primary Schools, eager voters were seen lined up early before the gates to the polling place even opened to cast their ballots.
Further up the coast at Bladen Hall Multilateral and Strathspey Primary Schools, a large turnout was observed, with many citizens seen 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 to the location just after polls opened. Some voters were already lined up before 06:00hrs, and the flow remained steady throughout the morning.

Later in the morning at the Enmore Community Centre, the polling process was said to be moving smoothly, with one voter, Padmini (only name given) reporting that the process of casting her ballot was quick and smooth, and there were no issues.
Similarly, Suresh Lall, who cast his ballot at the same polling place, told members of the media that he was eager to get out and cast his vote.
Lall said that the process this election cycle is one of the fastest he has experienced. “It’s not like it was before, when you had to wait an hour, an hour-and-a-half and thing before you get through,” he said.
At the Helena Nursery School in Mahaica, a young voter, Satya Singh, told the Guyana Chronicle that the process was a smooth one, and he was able to cast his vote within just a few minutes of entering the polling place and being directed to his polling station. Singh noted that he showed up at the polling place alongside 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 09:00hrs.
Representative Darrell Bradley, Former President of the Belize Senate and Mayor of Belize City, told this newspaper that the Mission had deployed observers in eight of Guyana’s ten administrative regions.

“We are noticing that the Guyanese are exercising their right, and we will release an interim statement on the morning of September 3, and that will contain more of the findings from the observation mission,” he said.
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 (WCB) corridor.