Voting in the Upper East has started with few voters in queues at various polling centres in Navrongo when GNA visited between 0700 hours and 0850 hours, apparently because of the prevailing cold harmattan conditions. At the Social Welfare ‘A’ polling centre at Navrongo in the Navrongo Central constituency, the presiding officer, Cletus Achana said all the voting materials arrived on time for polling to start at 0700 hours and by 0730 hours 33 people had voted with 20 in a queue. There are 662 voters on the register with 27 on the transfer voters list. At the nearby Social Welfare ‘B’ polling centre, the presiding officer Seidu Adinan said all voting materials were received on time for voting to start on schedule. By 0735 hours 33 people had also exercised their franchise and three were in a queue. There are 643 names on the voters register and 15 on the voters transfer list. At Namolo Primary ‘B’ polling centre, the presiding officer, Alphonse Nchobonu said voting started on schedule. There are 707 names on the voters register, 39 on the transfer list; 79 had voted by 0800 hours with four people in a queue. While at Namolo Primary ‘A’ polling centre 82 had voted by 0805 hours. The presiding officer Lawrence Chanase said voting started at 0700 hours. There are 710 names on the voters register with 45 on the transfer list and seven in a queue. When GNA visited Basina Primary ‘B’ polling centre at 0838 hours 150 voters had cast their ballot with five in a queue. The presiding officer, Mr Gerald Awozare said voting started on schedule. There are 775 names on the voters register and six on the transfer voters list. At the Basina Primary ‘B’ (A) Polling Centre 123 people had voted by 0840 hours with six in a queue. The presiding officer Osman Alhassan said there were 772 names on the voters register and four on the transfer list. At Basina Primary ‘A’ polling centre 159 people had exercised their franchise by 0850 hours with four in a queue. The presiding officer, Jacob Adda said there were 891 names on the voters register with one on the transfer list. All the presiding officers said voting had been smooth with no incident and both the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) had two agents each at all polling centres. Source: GNA