9 examples is the location of a polling place in Precinct Center #6171, District# 7, Fuama, Bong County, which was changed, without the required notice, from Korniekawoejaito Camp America, about six-hour walk, resulting in many not voting, thus depriving such voters of the constitutional right to vote. Complainants request the NEC to take judicial notice of the number of voters at that particular precinct to determine how many persons of that precinct were deprived of the right to vote as well as many others who, not entitled to vote, may have been allowed to vote since at such center the requisite observers could not be present. Notice is given that affidavits in support of these assertions, and others, shall be provided during the hearing. 3. Names of voters not listed on the FRR. (a) The NEC is both constitutionally and statutorily obliged to maintain an accurate Voters Registration List at each polling place of those registered at such voter registration center to expedite the voting process, ensuring that votes counted from every polling place are votes of only legitimate voters, and that the results thereof reflect the aspirations of only those who were registered and who voted at the polling place. Complainants hereby give notice that during the hearing [they] will produce copies of affidavits and Voter Registration Cards of individuals who were not allowed to vote because their names were not on the Final Registration Roll (FRR). (b) The process, as outlined in (a) above, was not implemented by the NEC, giving rise to two problems. (i) Many voters arrived at the polling places where they had registered only to be told that they were not eligible to vote because their names were not on the FRR, thus depriving such voters of their constitutional right to vote. For example, Stanley Carter, Liberty Party Representative for District #1, Sinoe County, was told by the Presiding Officer that he could not vote because his name was not on the FRR. It was only after he requested the Presiding Officer to look of the ballot paper, carrying his name and photo, was he allowed to vote. Many voters who were similarly situated and who were disenfranchised because their names were not on the FRR, will never be known under the circumstances. Copy of a sworn statement of Stanley Carter is hereto attached as Exhibit `B." Complainants also give notice that during trial, affidavits of some of these voters shall be produced in support of this averment. (c) Then during the afternoon of Elections Day, after most voters had already been turned away, the NEC announced that all persons carrying "valid Registration Cards" should be allowed to vote. The Commissioners are requested to take judicial notice of the announcements made by the NEC over ELBS and other radio stations. However, Section 3.2 of the enabling Regulation on Polling and Counting provides that "If a person has a valid Registration Card marked for a precinct, but whose name cannot be found on the voter registration roll for the precinct, subject to paragraph 3, the presiding officer shall permit the person to vote, if the person's registration card is verified through the SMS verification system managed by the NEC." (d) The Carter Center reported that "Observers reported that the SMS system for verifying voter registration data was not being widely used when voters were not found on the list. Further, although the NEC established a hotline for presiding officers to check voter data, this fact was not sufficiently disseminated and observers did not see it being used."

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