GECOM counts 54 more boxes, decision due today on additional work stations

The damaged ballot box from Polling Station 122212- Karaiko Primary School where 174 electors were registered to vote.

Day nine of the National Recount ended yesterday with the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) having completed the processing of 54 ballot boxes bringing the total number counted to 421 of 2,339.

Included in this number are five boxes from Region One, 11 from Region Two, 17 from Region Three, 14 from Region Four and seven from Region 5.

Speaking with media around 4 pm, GECOM public relations officer, Yolanda Ward indicated that two stations had begun processing boxes from Region Five following their completion of 98 boxes from Region 1. That electoral district had generated 99 boxes one of which had been inundated with water.