Kuwait Transparency Society described voting process in parliamentary by-elections in the 5th constituency Saturday as “smooth and organized” due to collaboration of state authorities, candidates and voters.
Heyam Al-Duwailah, Society’s board member, said a team from society visited a polling station in Salem Al-Mubarak High School and witnessed facilities provided by Ministries of Justice, Interior and Health which contributed to smooth voting process.
Speaking to KUNA, Al-Duwailah members of the judiciary in polling stations were verifying identities of voters, as well as making sure law was applied.
She said Ministry of Health workers were taking temperature of voters before entering the polling stations and making sure everybody was wearing masks and maintaining physical distancing.
Kuwait Transparency Society, said Al-Duwailah, wanted to make sure the electoral law has been implemented and all violations like illegal funding or biased of committee supervising elections were reported.
The society, she added, was also registering positive remarks of the whole voting process.
She said more than 60 volunteers were visiting 26 polling stations to follow-up elections
Source: Kuwait News Agency