RWANDA’s local authority elections went into their second day on Tuesday, with officials expressing satisfaction at the conduct of the first poll since the genocide of 1994. Monday’s voter “participation was massive in administrative districts and there were no incidents,” Radio Rwanda reported. “In spite of the rain which lashed the whole country, people turned out in large numbers.” Over three days from Monday, Rwandans aged over 18, as well as foreign residents, are choosing 116000 officials in the 154 communes, made up of 1531 administrative sectors, which are in turn sub-divided into 8987 “cells”. Voting began on Monday, with people publicly designating candidates for their cells, the lowest local-government level.