Sentences with phrase «voting in some polling centers»

John Mahama, who is leading an ECOWAS Observer Mission to monitor the election in that country, told the media that although there were few hitches and late start of voting in some polling centers, the process has been «so far so good.»

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The palpable tension in the room erupted into a roar of mixed jubilation and relief about 45 minutes after the polls closed, as Rosendale Democratic Committee chair John Schwartz burst through the door after monitoring the vote tally at the Recreation Center to announce that Hughes had prevailed: «We won!

«Only last week, Nigerians were stunned by revelations that INEC under Prof. Yakubu is plotting to create 30,000 illegal polling centers in soft and compromised areas through which they plan to allocate free votes for President Buhari.

The African Union observer mission proclaimed the contest was conducted in a free and fair manner, while other international missions from the EU, the Carter Center, and the African Great Lakes Initiative noted relative improvements over 2007, but also stated that the poll produced numerous irregularities such as technological issues with electronic voting equipment and a lack of transparency in the tallying of the votes.

«Our polling shows that in swing states, Democratic candidates who take a pro-climate-action stance will find it to be a vote winner for them,» says Edward Maibach, director of the Center for Climate Change Communication at George Mason University in Virginia, who produced the poll.