Dateline Denies Voters Right.

By Andrew Fanasia Jr.

Voters queue to cast their vote. Pic: Andrew F

More than 300 eligible voters in three polling station in Guadalcanal were saying that the close of polls at 5pm yesterday denied thier right to vote.

Voters in these three polling stations said there are still more than 300 elegible voters queued up to cast thier votes but the time did not allow them to proceed.

A woman aged 30 in Northwest Guadalcanal said yesterday that "this is unfair because it is our sole roght to vote for our parliament representative."

She complained that, the Electoral Office should extend the dateline so that voters can fulfill their right to vote for their candidates.

A polling station in Kukuva Foxwood area, Northwest Guadalcanal, the polling station was so crowded by lunch hour till late in the evening that some voters who want to cast their ballot turned back to their homes due to long queue.

However, the Chief Electoral Officer Polycarp Haununu told a media conference before the colse of the polls he had not receive any reports of long queues where people might miss out.

Voters in Honiara looking for their names on the list. Pic. Andrew F

'People might only not vote because their names were not on the list," Haununu affirmed yesterday at the press conference in Honiara.

Haununu also confirmed that there was no reports of any disturbance "but pleased to say that the polling today (yesterday) was very high."

Haununu confirmed to the media that counting starts today and ends on Sunday.