Election in Senegal is underway. A large proportion of voters are women who arrived in groups.
began in earnest as early as 8.10am as large number of people turned out to cast their votes for their candidates.
The voting system combines open and secret balloting.The process is speedy and only requires voters to go inside the classroom that houses the ballot box and once their name has been confirmed in the voter register, they were then expected to pick five of the 19 cards on display that contain the pictures, names and party logos of candidates, and an envelope, as party officials and agents watch.
At the six polling units in this centre, C.E. M1 and the long line of voters, mostly women, formed six long queues as even more people continue to arrive in batches to join them.
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