Personnel of the various securi­ty agencies, journalists, and officials of the Electoral Commission (EC) yesterday participated in the Special Voting Exercise in 14 regions of the country except Eastern and Western regions ahead of the general elections on Saturday, December 7.

The EC ordered a recall and reprinting of ballot papers for the Eastern and Western regions after the EC detected a defaced ballot paper. • Security personnel going through the voting process at the Community 8 police station in Tema Photo: Victor A.

Buxton • Security, media personnel ready to cast their ballots in Ho The Special Voting Exercise for these regions will take place on Thursday, Decem­ber 5.

In all, about 131,478 had applied for the special dispensation to take part in yester­day's exercise as they would be busy lending support on Election Day to those engaged in the voting exercise.