Election materials for Simbu province have already arrived in the province.
“Ballot boxes and ballot papers have arrived last week in the province under heavy supervision and escort by police”, said Simbu Provincial Election Manager Mr Tom Sine.
Mr Sine further stated that despite getting all election materials on the ground they still need few more ballot boxes and have requested for them and are hopeful some more ballot boxes will arrive in Simbu by next week.
“By next week I will detail how many ballot boxes and ballot papers will be distributed to each districts,” he said.
Trainings for the Returning Officers and Assistant Returning Officers of each electorate in Simbu Province have being completed, said Mr Sine.
The trainings were done last week and the AROs and ROs are now ready for polling. Mr Sine added that preparations for polling are running smoothly with polling sites all marked and set and Simbu Province will go to the polls on the 15th of July.