61.   He said poorly trained registration officials had registered people with insufficient documentation, had registered foreigners or had issued invalid voter cards.

62.   However in four other polling stations visited in Antananarivo, electoral lists were ready and voters equipped with voter cards.

63.   International observers confirmed that Dominicans with apparently valid voters cards were turned away from polling stations.

64.   A decision by the electoral commission to allow Zambians who failed to collect their voter cards some months ago to do so on voting day helped to boost turnout.

65.   And according to witnesses in Yaounde, the capital, the wooden ballot boxes were still not ready on Wednesday, when voter cards were still being sent out.

66.   Another setback erupted in December when opposition leaders and Eyadema supporters became embroiled in a dispute over the production of voter cards for the election.

67.   As the pace of self-rule quickens, the Palestinians have also began to draw up an electoral register, with Arafat becoming the first to get a voters card.

68.   By early afternoon, there were no reports of any untoward incidents, despite earlier problems with registration and obtaining voter cards.

69.   By early afternoon, there were no reports of any untoward incidents, despite earlier problems with registration and with obtaining voter cards.

70.   There have been delays in distributing voter cards primarily attributed to administrative delays by inexperienced but well-meaning officials.