(f) record sheets for the record required under section 93;
(g) a lamp or lamps to be lit and used for counting votes at the close of
the poll;
(h) a log book in which formal complaints under section 89 shall be
recorded.”
31. It is apparent from a reading of section 70(f) and 70(h) that this provision envisages that the
logbook is different from the record required under section 93.
32. Political parties or candidates are guaranteed the right to monitor the voting process at the polling
station through designated representatives. This right is clear from Section 72 of the PPEA. Thus
every political party that contested in the presidential elections had a right under section 72 of the
PPEA to monitor the said election through duly designated political party representatives
(hereafter referred to as monitors). It is evident from this provision that it is not mandatory that a
political party or candidate must have a monitor or monitors at any given polling centre.
33. Section 73 of the PPEA then outlines the rights and duties of political party/candidate
representatives. It provides that representatives of political parties have:
“(a) the following rights –
(i) to be present at the polling stations and to occupy the nearest seats
or positions to the polling station officers so as to be able to monitor all
the operations relating to the casting and counting of votes;
(ii) to verify and inspect, before the beginning of the casting of the
votes, the ballot boxes and the polling booths;
(iii) to request and obtain from the polling station officers any
information which they consider necessary relating to the voting
process and the counting of the votes;
(iv) to be consulted about any question raised on the operation of the
polling station whether during the casting or the counting of the votes;
(v) to consult the voters registers at any time;
(b) the following duties—
(i) to act conscientiously and objectively in the exercise of their rights
under this section;
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