Voting Continues Peacefully in Zimbabwean Capital Despite Slowness

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Voting Continues Peacefully in Zimbabwean Capital Despite Slowness

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Voting for the presidential election in Harare's Hatfield, Harare South, Mbare East and West constituencies continued peacefully on Saturday afternoon though voters complained of the slowness in the process.

Long queues stretching about 200 meters were still visible by 5 p.m. (1500 GMT) at Makomo Primary School in Hatfield, Shawasha football grounds in Mbare East and Sunningdale 2 Primary School in Harare South.

John Mahama of the Ghana observer team told Xinhua his team had visited several polling stations and the situation was calm.

"At most polling stations there is a high voter turnout but the voting process is slow at some polling stations," he said.

Voters at Hatfield Girls High School complained that the voting process was moving at a snail's pace.

"We have been here since morning, the queue is moving slowly but I will wait and cast my vote," said one voter.

Harare voters were casting votes for the country's presidency, which is being mainly contested by incumbent President Robert Mugabe of the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union - Patriotic Front and Morgan Tsvangirai of the Movement for Democratic Change.

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