In Koforidua, the police have reportedly quelled a skirmish at Akyem Wenchi over the harassment of polling agents of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
Both the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) George Anko-Bil, Eastern Regional Police Commander, and Superintendent Wisdom Akorli, the Chairman of the Kwaebibirem District Election Security Taskforce, who spoke with Ghana News Agency (GNA), said the problem had been resolved and voting was proceeding peacefully.
Speaking to the GNA at 1145 hours, the NDC Parliamentary Candidate for Akwatia, Mr Baba Jamal said 10 polling agents of the party at Akyem Wenchi had been beaten up and prevented from playing their watchdog role.
He said a delegation of the party was now proceeding to the scene to ascertain the source of the harassment and to determine how the situation could be resolved.
In another development, DCOP Anko-Bil had confirmed that one policeman on duty at Asesewa in the Upper Manya Constituency collapsed while on duty.
He said, besides that development, the security situation in the region had been peaceful and appealed to residents to continue to conduct themselves well.
Mr Ebenezer Tagoe, a resident of La in the La Dade Kotonpon constituency, apart from being the first voter to cast his ballot at the Olympia Cinema polling station at La, took his civic duties further by arriving as early as 0100 hours to clean up and arrange benches at the polling station.
He told the GNA in an interview, after casting his ballot, that he resides at Nungua in the Krowor constituency but has his vote at La.
He said he took it upon himself to arrive early morning to set up the place to ensure a smooth voting process and clean environment for a peaceful election.
When the GNA arrived at the Olympia Cinema polling station at La before 0700 hours long queues had already been formed before 0400 hours.
An elderly woman, Madam Helena Sowah, who had joined the queue as early as 0200 hours said she arrived early because she wanted to be among the first voters.
She said she was looking forward to a peaceful election and had turned up early to exercise her franchise.
Earlier, Reverend Enoch Nii Odoi of Obonu FM, who was present at the polling station to vote, led voters in the queue to pray around 0655 hours pleading with God for a peaceful and incidence free election throughout the country.
At 0712 hours, when the GNA got to the Mallam Presby Church polling station, all was calm and voters were anxiously waiting to cast their votes.
Before the voting started, about 600 voters were already in the long and winding queue, which did not have only persons but gallons to queue for some voters.
The Presiding Officer for the centre, Mr Philip Yawson told GNA that voting started at exactly 0700 hours.
He said 1,823 were expected to vote. Polling agents for the NDC, CPP and NPP were present including one immigration officer on duty.
Mr Yawson expressed satisfaction with the process so far and expressed the hope that the atmosphere would remain peaceful.
A first time voter, Ms Sarah Asiedu told GNA: " I am happy to have the opportunity to vote for the first time ".
"I am very anxious to vote and don't mind joining the queue for that long".
At the New Life School polling station 'A', also at Mallam, with polling station number 3604A, 16 out of the expected 1,556 voters had cast their ballots as at 0730 hours.
Mr Gabriel Ajavon, Presiding Officer said voting began at 0700 hours without any problem.
Two immigration officers were present including polling agents for the NDC, CPP and NPP.
Mr Ajavon said about 400 voters had queued as at 0500 when he first reported to the centre.
Dorcas Agyei, also a first time voter said "It has been peaceful so far. I am eager to also contribute in deciding our political leaders".
The situation was not different at the New Gbawe D/C primary school centre with polling station number C013216 where voting started at 0700 hours.
A total of 47 out of the expected 1,900 voters had cast their ballots as at 0750 hours.
The Presiding Officer for the centre, Anku Mensah Komla Jerry said voting at the centre was progressing well and expressed hope it would remain the same.
Only the NPP and NDC polling agents were around with some personnel of the Immigration and National Fire Service.
A voter, Mrs Victoria Attah-Petters, told GNA that voters started queuing as early as 0200 hours and there were about 500 of them around before the voting started.
The Weija Rehabilitation Centre with polling station number C013206 however started five minutes late, because two out of the four polling assistants had not reported at the centre.
Mr Johnson Ford Appiah Fordjour, Presiding Officer, said the absence of the polling assistants had therefore slowed down the process, since the two assistants would have to combine two duties.
Sixty-seven out of the expected 1,365 voters had cast their ballot as at 0815 hours when GNA visited.
At the Star Nursery and Kindergarten polling station in Fadama in the Okaikoi North constituency, Mrs Elizabeth Sackey, incumbent Member of Parliament for Okaikoi North, incurred the wrath of some voters who said they did not understand why she came to the polling station.
The angry mob led by one Santana did not understand why the MP should visit the polling station and for the timely intervention of security at the polling it could have been nasty.
Speaking to the GNA, Mrs Sackey who had already cast her vote said she did not see anything wrong with her visit, as it was normal to know what was happening in the constituency.
She said she had visited about 10 polling stations in the constituency including, Silent Star School, Abeka JSS 1 and 2, Fadama market.
Ms Jacqeline Mantey, Presiding Officer, for the area noted that it had been a trouble-prone zone.
Voting at the Harrow International School delayed because of the late arrival of materials.
There was heavy police presence at the Crossover Church International, Abeka, in Accra to ensure order.
At Abeka, Mr Yakubu Hamadu noted that newly registered voters did not have their names in the parent register.
AT the Usmaniyo Isamic School in Akwateman witnessed late voting due to late arrival of materials.
At Bolgatanga, voters in all the 13 constituencies of the Upper East Region turned out in their numbers at polling stations on Sunday to cast their votes.
In Bolgatanga Central, people started queuing at 0530 hours notwithstanding the cold harmattan morning. Most polling stations that had more than 500 registered voters had an average number of 80 persons in queue by 7.00hrs.
At the Zamstec Polling Stations A and B, where 848 and 779 people had registered respectively, three people had voted by 7.15hrs while seven voted at station B, the others were waiting in queues.
At the Adabase Primary 'A' and Primary 'B' polling stations where 616 people and 622 people registered respectively, 35 people had voted as at 0750 hours at Primary 'A' while 71 had cast their votes at Primary B by 0800 hours.
At the Experimental A and B polling stations, 66 people and 38 people had voted respectively by 0810 hours from the total numbers of 1037 and 881 registered.
At the Atulbabisi Day Nursery A, 41 people had voted out of the 432 registered while 35 voted 0850 hours at Day Nursery B, which had 221 registered voters.
Presiding Officers at many of the stations complained that they had to refer people with transfer forms because their names could not be found on the lists they had received.
Mr. Clement Onmeba, Presiding Officer at the Experimental B polling station, appealed to the Electoral Commission to provide them with the Master List of transfer voters so they would know exactly where to direct those who turn up with the forms to vote.
At the Local Council 'A' polling station, Presiding Officer, Mr Ayamga Samuel, had put aside five booklets of the presidential ballots because they all had light marks similar to thumb prints on the blank space adjacent the New Patriotic Party (NPP) candidate's photo.
At Namolo Primary School 'A' polling station in the Navrongo Central Constituency, 200 people had cast their votes at 1000 hours out of 710 registered voters.
At the Navrongo Secondary School Polling Station 'A' 180 people had voted as at 0945 hours out of 870 registered voters, while 186 had voted out of 831 registered voters as at 1000 hours at the Navrongo Secondary School Polling Station 'B'.
At Timonde Primary School Polling Station in the Zebilla Constituency where there are 725 registered voters, the exercise had not taken off as at 0846 hours due to the late arrival of voting material.
At Tanga Primary Polling Station in the same constituency, there were 421 voters on the register but voting had not begun at the time of visit at 0735 hours due to late arrival of polling materials.
Proceedings have been smooth in the Bawku Central and Garu constituencies so far. At the Zuli Primary School polling station in Bawku Central, 45 people had cast their votes at 0937 hours out of a total of 469 registered voters.
At the St. Anthony's Primary Polling Station also in the Bawku Central constituency, there were 871 voters on the register out of which 344 had voted as at 0900 hours.
At Kulore Polling station, 46 people had voted out 521 on the register.
At Nomboko polling station in the Garu constituency, the Presiding Officer, Mr. Hamidu Seeta, said polling had begun at 0720 hours because one of the ballot boxes had no lid.
Eventually all parties present there agreed that a cardboard be used as an improvised lid, before the exercise got underway. The centre had 824 voters on its register out of which 20 had voted as at 0835 hours.
At the Garu District Assembly Primary polling station, 159 people had voted as at 0859 hours out of 1095 registered voters. At the Garu Catholic Kindergarten polling station, 139 people had voted as at 0922 hours, out of 671 registered voters.
At the Anafobisi polling Station in the Bongo Constituency, 63 people had voted as at 0815 hours out of 414 registered voters. At the Balungu Marketsquare in the same constituency, 100 people had cast their votes at 080 hours out of 691 registered voters.
At the Afoko Primary School polling station in the Builsa North Constituency, 60 people had voted at 0840 hours out of 68 registered voters.
At the Chuchuliga Primary School polling station in the same constituency, the start of voting was delayed by about an hour due to the late arrival of material from Sandema.
Out of 844 registered voters, four people had cast their votes as at 0820 hours.
At the Sandema Local Council 'A' Polling Station, 83 people had voted out of 915 registered voters as at 0855 hours.
The Presiding Officers at all the polling centres said the take off of the exercise had been smooth, albeit late in some places, with agents of the political parties and independent candidates satisfied with proceedings so far.
The cause of delay in all polling centres where voting failed to take off at 0700 hours was the late arrival of electoral materials.