Some special voters who were voting outside their original constituencies on expressed
dissatisfaction for not being allowed to
cast their parliamentary votes At Gbawe in the Weija Constituency.
The aggrieved voters told Ghana News Agency (GNA) that they were not told to transfer their votes and they thought that so far as they submitted their particulars to the Electoral Commission (EC) that would have been done.
They asked whether the EC would allow them to cast their parliamentary ballots later.
But the Presiding Officer for the centre, Mr Danquah Dameson Donack told GNA that so far as those voters had the stains on their fingers, they would not be allowed to cast any votes again.
Apart from this hitch, voting began at 0700 hours at the Gbawe Cluster of Schools, Mr Donack said, with all materials available.
One police officer and four polling assistants were at post when voting began, with about 100 electorates in the queue waiting anxiously to exercise their franchise.
Mr Donack said about 2,000 voters from the security services, media, political party agents and electoral officers are expected to cast their ballot.
He expressed satisfaction with the process as at 1030 hours when talking with GNA and said they were prepared to work beyond the mandatory 1700 hours for voting should there be the need.
Another voter told GNA that that the voting process was progressing well except that the queue was not moving as fast as it should and called for special arrangements next time to facilitate the process.
A first time voter, Desmond Kaburo, expressed indifference about the whole process, saying, "I am bored standing in this long queue".
One voter who could also not cast the parliamentary ballot told GNA: "For the sake of transparency, I think we should abide by what the EC is saying.
"I don't have a problem, because even if I was allowed to vote, how can I vote for a parliamentary candidate I don't know.
Another voter also said he would have voted for any parliamentary candidate who belonged to his preferred political party.