SPECIAL VOTING DAY 2

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Following one report of inordinate delays at the St. Joseph Community Centre on day 1 of special voting, voters at that location today told CCN TV6, the process was smooth and event-free. Meantime, some persons opted to leave a Port of Spain polling station, due to a bit of a wait time. Rynessa Cutting has more.

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00:00Despite a high voter turnout on day one of special voting, day two saw a slow but steady

00:06stream of special voters at the St. Joseph Community Centre.

00:10Well, I have cast my vote at the polling station, just back then, St. Joseph Market Street.

00:17The process was relatively smooth and there was a hiccups.

00:22You go, sit down, agent call your name, the verifier address and that's it, you vote.

00:29Were you one of the people who came out yesterday attempting to vote?

00:32No, I didn't come yesterday, just came today.

00:35And it was smooth?

00:36Yes, very smooth.

00:37TV6 News observed UNC and PNM campaigners in the vicinity of the St. Joseph polling station today.

00:45TV6 News also visited the Baratario Community Centre but only observed a handful of voters

00:51who were reported a smooth process.

00:54How was the process today?

00:55The process was very smooth today.

00:57I came at 1.12, I left at 1.15.

01:03No issues, no problems.

01:05How many other people you would say it turned out today from what you observed?

01:11About four.

01:12Four so far, I saw.

01:13Meantime, at least two special voters who visited the Frederick Street Port of Spain polling station

01:19today opted to visit another location upon seeing the line.

01:24I didn't wait long, but from the time I went in there, I looked at the line and I decided,

01:28okay, I'll sit down here and wait for the 10 minutes and decide if I'm going to stay.

01:33I didn't vote because it had too many people in there and I have things to do.

01:37All these seats inside, I pull up here, people on the outside, so I'm waiting to, well, no, I didn't need to go into it.

01:44Via press release on Monday night, the EBC explained that over 1,400 persons exercised their right to vote

01:52on the first day of special voting on Monday.

01:55The highest voter turnout was in the Aranguas, St. Joseph constituency,

02:00where special voters continued to wait within the polling station precinct beyond 3 p.m. to vote on that day.

02:08A total of 16,748 special voters are registered to exercise their franchise.

02:16Renessa Cutting, TV6 News.

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