Former President John Agyekum Kufuor, leader of the 51-member Observer Mission of the African Union to the Sudanese elections, Thursday, visited polling stations in Darfour, Western Sudan. President Kufuor visited El Fasher in Northern Dafour and El Geneina Western Dafour. He held meetings with the governors of the two states, Wali Osman Mohammed Kibir and Wali Abdul Wasim, respectively. A press release signed by Frank Agyekum, spokesperson for the former president said in both places he was briefed by officials of the Joint United Nations and African Union Peace-Keeping Force (UNAMID) who are helping to maintain peace in Sudan. Voting in most centres were peaceful although some party agents complained that prospective voters had had to be turned away because they could not find their names on the voting registers. The Electoral Officers at these centres said missing names could be because the centres at which the persons were registered are different from the polling centres. There were about 16,000 centres opened during the registration exercise but this had been reduced to about 9,000 for the voting exercise. Voters would have to check at more than one centre to find their names to enable them to cast their ballot. The incidence of voters not being able to trace their names on time plus other logistical problems such as the delay in delivering voting materials have led to the extension of voting from the original three days to five. Sudan is voting for the first time in 25 years to elect a President, a 450-member National Assembly and a myriad of gubernatorial, parliamentary and other executive positions. Voters in the North are voting to elect officials for eight different positions while those in the South vote 12 different positions.