Election in Senegal is underway. A large proportion of voters are women who arrived in groups.
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The queues are orderly and the people wait patiently to cast their votes in a process that has been so simplified that hardly anyone required the assistance of the electoral officers or party agents around, apart from the occasional sight-challenged men or women who need help locating the tent. The thumb is then inked to indicate they have voted. There are 19 people on the ballots, from economists to geographers, auditors, and the odd journalist and a female, all vying to become president of this peaceful democratic country.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.
Although there are a number of policemen at the centre they have mainly waited at the entrance to the school and their presence might yet be superfluous as there has been no incident of rowdiness or ballot snatching.
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