Several discrepancies were highlighted by party agents concerning the recount of the March 2 polls currently underway at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre (ACCC).
Minister within the Ministry of the Presidency with responsibility for Youth Affairs, Simona Broomes told media operatives that she observed irregularities in the Region Two ballots counted at workstation four.
“… it will go through the channels it has to go through. Because it is still ongoing in there, I would not want to say what it is, because all this information I like to be very factual. So yes, I have observed them and brought them to the attention of the officer there,” Min. Broomes noted.
Party agent Coretta McDonald spoke of one issue where the X was placed on the name of the party instead of the box. She also mentioned a stroke on a ballot instead of an X. These issues were queried and deemed valid.
Another Coalition representative, Ganesh Manhipaul who is attached to station five where ballots from Region Three are also being counted, noted that the first ballot box examined by the agents found some anomalies, including a vote for the APNU+AFC in the mix with those of the PPP.
There were also rejected votes within the PPP set – one ballot was marked for two parties and the other was visibly torn, Mahipaul explained. “So clearly there were issues in these ballot boxes and regardless of the discrepancies, you must take note of it,” he said.
