A fifty-five-year-old man collapsed and died at the Nateko polling station at Abossey Okai in Accra while in a queue waiting for his turn to exercise his franchise. The man, Kingsford Adams, later identified by his nephew, Mr Abraham Adams, was a driver who lived at Mankesim. His nephew said although the uncle was not known to be suffering from any illness, he had recently been on medication for swollen feet. Superintendent Iddrisu Abu Yakubu, the Kaneshie District Police Commander, said Kingsford Adam who was complaining of dizziness while in the queue collapsed soon afterwards and died. The body has since been taken to the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital. The usual busy atmosphere which is characteristic of the Tema Port city, noted for its industrial and commercial activities, was absent during the 2008 voting exercise on Sunday to elect Parliamentarians and a President for the country, reports Kate Baaba Hudson & Rose Hayford Darko. Streets from the industrial port towards the Tema end of the Motorway Roundabout was unusually smooth sailing. Some voters told the Daily Graphic that they wished the streets would always be as free as they were on Sunday. "Driving to town has never easy like today and I wish it would be like this always," Ama of Community One said. Drinking bars were closed while the normally busy streets were free with most shops closed. The very formal or traditional attires that people wore on Sundays also took a different turn. People •wore informal attire, except for the few who might have gone to church first before calling at the polling station to vote. Some voters the Daily Graphic spoke to said they did not go to their polling centres early because they were not sure of what the atmosphere would be. They waited for others to go and cast their votes first and when they had news that the exercise was orderly, they left their homes to join queues which had reduced by noon. A number of voters said the peaceful situation in the Tema Municipality indicated that the people of Tema in particular and Ghana in general were abiding by the rules of the elections. "The harbour city has always been known to be a peaceful place and the atmosphere today has only just confirmed it," said Philips of Tema. They were hopeful that the entire exercise would go on smoothly, and that Ghanaians would live at peace with one another. Source: Daily Graphic