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hours the office is opened. A copy of each roll may be kept at such other places
as the Commission may designate for public inspection."
Section 3.7 of the New Elections Law states that "No registration roll or other
election shall be invalidated on the ground that it is not printed or because of
any error made in the copying or printing thereof."
Section 4.2(la) of the New Elections Law states that the "Commission shall
determine and publish the location of Polling Places to serve the voting
precincts. The location of a polling place may be changed by the Commission
if it determines that it is necessary. The Commission shall post signs showing
the new location at least a week before the start of polling, unless the change
is caused by an emergency in which case signs for the new location shall be
posted as soon as possible."
Section 4.7(1) of the New Elections Law states that "Ballot Papers shall be in a
form to be prescribed by the Commission, who shall arrange to print and issue
them for the polls." Section] 4.7(2) states that the "Ballot Papers shall include
the names of candidates in alphabetical order of surname, the name of the
party, and selected emblem. Different coloured ballots may be provided for
elections to differed elective offices."
Guided by the foregoing laws and controlling standard, we will revert to the
record in these proceedings to ascertain whether the Hearing Officer's ruling
comports with the controlling law and standard,
APPELLANTS' ALLEGATION CONCERNING SERIAL NUMBER
Appellants stated that serial numbers were placed on the ballots used during
the 2005 and 2011 presidential and representative elections, and alleged that,
the Appellee in these proceedings, intending to cheat, did not place serial
number on the ballots used during the 2017 elections.
We note that Section 4.7(1) of the New Elections Law states that "Ballot
Papers shall be in a form to be prescribed by the Commission, who shall
arrange to print and issue them for the polls," and Section 4.7(2) states that
"The Ballot Papers shall include the names of candidates in alphabetical order
of surname, the name of the party, and selected emblem. Different coloured
ballots may be provided for elections to differed, elective offices."
Section 4.7(1&2) do not require that serial numbers be on the ballot, and
appellants did not allege so. Appellants only argument here is that the ballots
Used in the 2005 and 2011 elections had serial numbers. In response, Mr. C.
A. Lamin Lighe, testifying for Appellants as a subpoenaed witness, stated that
the ballots Used during the October 10, 2017 elections had serial numbers on
the stub. The record shows that ballot stubs containing serial numbers from
the presidential and representative ballots wer4 introduced into evidence.
Appellants do not dispute that the October 10, 017 ballot stubs have serial
numbers, The record further shows that witness Lighe testified that while
serial numbers can be placed on the ballot stubs for, administrative purposes,
it would be a violation of a voters' secrecy to place serial numbers on the ballot
papers that are used by voters, as doing so wo Id allow others to take the
marked ballots and trace it to particular voters. Accordingly, we hold that the
Hearing Officer did not err.
APPELLANTS' ALLEGATION CONCERNING THE FRR
Appellants alleged that the FRR was not published as required by law; that
there are multiple registration rolls; and that two flash drives analyzed by one
of its witness showed that there are discrepancies. In response, witness Lighe