105 On the allegation of names not found on the FRR, the witness testified that all those who voted were names that were on the FRR; that it was only when there was a challenge in locating one’s name on the FRR that the presiding officer or NEC’s worker added said person’s name to an addendum to the FRR. Here is what the witness said: “Your Honor I like to obtain your permission to illustrate that over the last few days here, there have been witnesses who testified that they were allowed to vote because their names were not in the final registration roll but were added to the addendum of the roll. I like to state here that all those voters were actually in our final registration data base. I have evidence to prove that all those voters were actually register but couple with the fact that some of them went into the wrong room, and also some of the staffs were unable to find their names in the roll they, were added to the addendum. If you can permit me, Your Honor, after my testimony, we will produce evidence to prove that those witnesses who claimed that they were allowed to vote, giving that their names were not on the final voters roll is false. What actually happened was they went to the wrong room. There were instances where they never went to the right room but the staffs there were not able to find their names on the roll. My testimony your Honor will also prove that the procedure or the process of addendum to the final roll is a process that has been practiced and contained in our regulation as far back as 2005. I will show you evidence your Honor that these regulations were contained in our file from 2005, 2011 and 2014. This is to say that the addendum to the roll is not the making of this current board.” We are not impressed by this answer given by the witness. The allegations of the appellants was to the essence of the addendum to the FRR; that this addendum could only be used for NEC’s workers who are assigned to areas other than those where they had registered as well as security officers (police) on duty to a polling place different from the place where they had registered. This is the how NEC’s Polling and Counting Manual speaks to these queries: “Voting by Polling Staff, NEC Officials On Duty, Election Security Personnel, International Observers Drivers, And Other Special Civil Servants FOR THE ELECTION, POLLING STAFF WILL VOTE AT THE END OF THE DAY BEFORE THE POLLING PLACES ARE CLOSED.

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