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#JaVotes2016: High security at Jose Marti

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Glenroy Sinclair, Assignment Coordinator

There is high security at the Jose Marti High School in the St Catherine Eastern constituency where voters are turning out in their numbers.

A senior sub officer who spoke with The Gleaner a short while ago, said all 21 polling divisions opened on time. 

Police personnel are busy ensuring that all unauthorised persons stay beyond the 300 yard barrier of the polling station. 

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