(iv) that the Electoral Advisory Committee including its Director of Elections has by its confbsion and incompetence contravened virtually all statutory duties imposed on them by the Representation of the People act and the Constitution of Jamaica in the exercise of their fbnctions which as a consequence has adversely affected the conduct of Elections in every Constituency, hence their position on the Constituted Authority is hereby challenged and is subject to Judicial Review. that the Electoral Advisory Committee (v) reports to Parliament and is paid fiom the Consolidated Fund so that their position on the Constituted Authority is open to challenge and hence Judicial Review." , . The first of these grounds was, as stated, virtually a non-ground. It was, on any view, no more than a bald statement of fact. The second ground overlooked the fact that the amending Acts of 1997 effected structural changes to the principal Acts in creating a new C: regime and a new procedure for voiding the taking of a poll at an election. It is this new procedure which is now being followed by the Constituted Authority. It is wholly different fiom the procedure to be adopted upon the presentation of an election petition. As such it is not subject to the provisions of section 4 (d) of the Election Petitions Act which prescribes the payment of security for costs as a pre-requisite for prosecuting an election petition. The third ground was wholly misconceived. It was replete with irrelevancies and completely missed the whole character and intent of the exercise upon which this court was embarked. So, inevitably, the preliminary objection failed. (,-' Thereafter, Mr. Robinson for the applicant pointed the court to affidavitevidence which revealed events that occurred at polling divisions Nos. 23, 49, 56, 57, 58, 64, 71