The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has announced that 8,369 of the 10,226 registered disciplined services voters cast their ballots during early voting last Friday for the general and regional elections.
A breakdown of this number, which represents a turnout of 81.8%, was provided by commission spokeswoman Yolanda Ward and it showed that 5,400 ranks, or 80.6%, of the registered Guyana Police Force members voted, as did 2,539 ranks or 83.6% of the registered Guyana Defence Force members, and 430 ranks or 88.1% of the registered Guyana Prison Service members.
A majority of the ranks were present at the polling stations before the 6 am openings on Friday and a significant number of stations reported a 65% turnout by lunchtime.
