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1200 voters boycott polls at Maulinguem

PANAJI
The most noteworthy among these incidents occurred at Maulinguem where around 1,200 voters decided to boycott polls at Booths 18 and 19 of Maulinguem. Voters cited the state government’s abject failure to provide basic amenities, roads and other facilities in the area and no voter cast their vote in these two polling booths of Maulinguem.
... 500 keep off at Mapa-Panchwadi
PONDA: Around 500 agitated locals from Mapa-Panchawadi boycotted the ZP elections on Saturday, after accusing the State government and the local MLA of failing to resolve the crematorium issue. Locals complained that the issue had been pending for several years and the State government had not done anything in the matter.

 

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SOPs thrown to the wind at some polling stations

THE GOAN NETWORK
Published Dec 13, 2020, 1:31 AM IST
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PORVORIM The failure to strictly implement SOPs and safety measures came to the fore at some polling stations, as people exercised their franchise to the ZP constituencies of Penha de Franca, Socorro and Reis Magos on Saturday.A visit to many polling stations revealed that the polling staff on duty were not using thermal guns to check the temperature of voters. In some cases, social distancing was not maintained and the police on duty had not advised voters to keep safe…

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