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Smooth, safe voting by special services electors

Donning masks, sanitising hands, and maintaining social distancing protocols, special services electors turned up at various locations across Kingston and St Catherine today to cast their ballots. At the police training college at Twickenham Park,...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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