minutes (195 minutes). This would have been a physical
impossibility given the uncontroverted evidence that a
minimum time of 2 minutes was required for the proper
registration of the vote of a single voter. The irresistible
inference to be drawn from these facts is that votes were
polled by persons who were not bona fide electors.
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THE SITUATION AT POLLING DIVISION NO. 49
1.
Tampering with ballot box : section 98.
Ballot box containing 302 ballots counted by presiding
officer after close of poll on election day found to be empty
by returning officer at final count: see sections 77 and 98.
Ballots when counted by presiding officer had produced the
following result :Warren Blake
Andrew Holness
Steve Daley
Total
300
1
1
302
L
These ballots were not included in the final count.
2.
Delivery of ballot box to returning officer not done
in conformity with the provisions of section 44 (10A). No
evidence to show that arrangements made for persons
delivering ballot box to counting centre to be accompanied
by an agent or representative of each of the candidates.