{"id":10176,"date":"2014-05-07T02:13:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-07T00:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/echonews.sites.caxton.co.za\/10176\/minor-glitches-at-voting-stations\/"},"modified":"2014-05-07T14:26:46","modified_gmt":"2014-05-07T12:26:46","slug":"minor-glitches-at-voting-stations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2014\/05\/07\/minor-glitches-at-voting-stations\/","title":{"rendered":"Minor glitches at voting stations"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a result the voting station opened about 15 minutes later than the scheduled 07:00, and one of the first voters in town, Dirk Uys, received no inked thumb as an official failed to notice him.<\/p>\n

But shortly afterwards the frenzy to accommodate voters had steadied and IEC Officials were handling the matter at their organised best.<\/p>\n

Officials at another voter hotspot in Middelburg, Extension 24, reported that voting opened on time where no less than 100 people were waiting in a queue. By 08:00 the crowd had increased to approximately 300 waiting-in-line despite the steady stream of voters exiting the station.<\/p>\n

Officials here were dealing with limited space for queues, no parking for vehicles and the entrance was often being obstructed.<\/p>\n