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Parliament Voting Begins in Cuba The 38,357 polling stations set up in Cuba for Sunday’s parliamentary elections opened on schedule at 7:00 a.m. Cubans are voting today to elect members of their provincial legislatures and national parliament.
People were lining up early to cast their ballots. Arnaldo Rodriguez was the first to vote at his polling station in the Havana municipality of Plaza de la Revolucion; Xiomara Leyva was the first female voter to show up. Both were congratulated for being the first voters in this general election. More than 190,000 people are working nationwide at the voting tables or involved in support activities. Their job is to make it easy for citizens to vote and later to efficiently tabulate, compile and transmit election data.
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ARNALDO
WAS THE FIRST TO VOTE AT VOTING DISTRICT NUMBER 62 OF PLAZA DE LA
REVOLUCION MUNICIPALITY IN HAVANA.