Apathy has once again characterised the level of participation in the District Assembly elections to choose Assembly men and women across the country. A visit by this paper in various polling stations revealed that the low turn was as a result of the twice postponement of the elections; which many electorates say the Electoral Commission (EC) should be blamed for the low publicity. The postponement lowered the interest of the voting populace in the country and also failure in distribution of electoral materials on time killed the elections, the paper found. That aside, the election was characterised by violence, assault, and demonstrations in various parts of the country. A polling agent at...
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