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Long queues at Uguem booth annoy voters

Voters from Uguem in Sanguem were unhappy with election authorities for conducting polling to two wards in a booth in Uguem Panchayat.


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People from Sanguem taluka turned up in large numbers to cast their votes, and though the voting in most of the panchayats in the taluka was peaceful, locals complained about long queues.   
Locals complained that arrangements to have voting of two or more wards at one booth was not helpful to voters.  “This system took much time for voters as they had to wait in long queues to cast their votes,” one local told The Goan.   
“A few women who had come to cast their votes returned home, as they felt the queues were too long and chances of rainfall were high,” the local added.   
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Tempers flare as tardy voting pace tests voters’ patience

Tempers ran high at many a polling booths across Salcete over the tardy pace of polling since morning, with even a polling booth at Manora-Raia witnessing an incident when voters resorted to fistfights on Sunday morning.

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Published Jun 12, 2017, 6:02 AM IST
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MARGAOElsewhere, voters cried foul over the decision of the Returning officers to earmark only one ballot box for two wards, resulting in serpentine queue of voters and triggering resentment amongst the voters and candidates at Varca and Davorlim.  At Manora-Raia, women voters are believed to have traded blows and used foul and abusive language against each other over a trivial matter when a voter reportedly jumped the queue, inviting objections from others standing in…

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