I agree Demba it would have encouraged a larger turnout if the elections were held on a saturday or sunday. I also agree with you that it is the responsibility of all contesting parties in the election to either:

1. Insist on a weekend date

 or
2. Make absentee voting possible for those voters who work in the urban areas
or
3. Make all appropriate prior arrangements to transport voters back to Wulli East fo the purpose of voting.

These are some of the encumberances the opposition is certainly well aware of. Have been for decades. They ought to have no excuse for such miscellaneous matter at the 11th hour.

If these important aspects of voting are not rectified, it is best advised the opposition boycot the election rather than sulk after they lose.

I expect that PDOIS/Nadd took care of this matter for the majority of their voters. Perhaps they had made prior arrangements for this and you're just not aware because they did not inform you. In the future, I encourage all absentee voters to reach out to their party of choice regarding such miscellaneous arrangements. I am sure folk who want to vote will sacrifice a day or two off from work to vote anywhere in Gambia.

Haruna. There is no job in this world that will keep me from voting considering what is at stake in Gambia for any election. 


 

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From: Demba Jahateh <[log in to unmask]>
To: GAMBIA-L <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thu, Apr 28, 2011 11:04 am
Subject: Wulli East Election



Why the IEC can`t organise this elections on weekends ,so that those who are working can have chance to vote. I discussed this with a friend and he told me that APRC are afraid, and its APRC that chooses dates for all the elections and not IEC. It seems that APRC knows that if this election are done on weekends , many peoples from the urban areas will have time to travel  and take part or vote for the opposition. Please let us try and advice our opposition parties to challeng the dates of the bye-elections in the future. I feel bad that ,we cannot take part in the election today because of our jobs.
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