No possibility of identifying disciplined services ballots at recount

Joseph Harmon

Government-nominated GECOM Commissioner Vincent Alexander yesterday addressed the claim by APNU+AFC that a number of unstamped ballots detected during the National Recount had been cast by members of the disciplined services on February 20.

“It is my proposition that one could be certain…if the number of unstamped ballots correspond with the number of intermixed ballots. So we are to pursue that course,” Alexander said in response to questions from journalists.

He added that so far the Commission has not been able to unearth such corresponding numbers but has noted that the incidence of unstamped ballots appear to be higher at those polling stations where intermixing occurred. Observers note than only a small number of unstamped ballots have been detected.