Counting for the three electorates and regional seat in Northern is planned to start over the weekend says an official.
Chairman Provincial Election Steering Committee, Trevor Magei said all the polling teams and ballot boxes are expected to arrive in Popondetta by this weekend.
He said training of counting officials would be held on Saturday and counting is expected to begin on Sunday.
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“The security personnel are set to extract all remaining ballot boxes starting from North Coast near the border of Morobe and Northern to the Eastern side on the border with Milne Bay,” said Magei.
He said the only issue was ballot boxes not reaching the polling locations on time.
Magei also thanked security forces who assisted during nomination, polling and now counting.
Meanwhile Mr Magei said the venue at Orokaiva market was selected to centralize counting.
“Counting will be done at the Orokaiva Market because it is spacious.
“This area has the capacity to simultaneously count all electorates and the regional at the same time.
“If all goes well, we hope to complete counting in three to four days,” said Chairman Magei.
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