St Catherine East Central starts voting early
Published:Thursday | September 3, 2020 | 8:47 AM
Cecelia Campbell
Gleaner Writer
Polling in St Catherine East Central commenced at 7 a.m. sharp even as scores of voters had started filing in long before that time.
The Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP) candidate, Alando Terelonge is seeking to fend off a challenge from the People’s National Party’s (PNP) Raymond Pryce.
At 7:05 a.m. The Gleaner observed over 70 persons had lined up to enter the polling station at the Cedar Grove Basic School.
Voters could be overheard expressing their concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic but insisted that they came out to vote nonetheless.
“That’s why me come out early so mi can come off the road quick,” one woman stated.
Voters in the queue could also be heard urging each other to maintain social distance.
Both the JLP and the PNP election day workers have assembled tent in the vehicle parking area of the polling station.
The workers were made to be busy from early as voters sought to ascertain the polling station to which they were assigned to vote.