05/05/2016

Voters Make Their Way To Polls For Assembly Election

Voters are making their way to polling stations across Northern Ireland to cast their vote in the Assembly elections.

The stations are open from 7am today, 05 May, and will close at 10pm.

In total 276 candidates are fighting for 108 seats in NI's 18 constituencies.

Voters should mark their ballot with 1, 2, and 3 and so on with 1 being their most favourable choice.

Voters must be aged 18 or over and on the electoral register.

Green Party leader Steven Agnew said: "Voting in the Assembly election is one of the most important things you can do. Your vote matters and with it, you can change Stormont and how Northern Ireland is governed."

(CD)

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