substitute presiding officer said :"Voting was in progress up to 5.45 p.m.
when four police officers arrived at the
polling station and spoke with me. One of
the police officers asked me what was my
name and position. I told him. He then
enquired why the polling station was still
opened at that time. I told him that at 4.30
p.m. the Returning Officer asked me to work
at that polling division and that I arrived
there at 4.40 p.m. That the building was
opened at 4.45 p.m. and that voting
commenced at 4.55 p.m. The police officer
said that he was not sure that I was speaking
the truth and that I should stop working.
The voters who were in the polling station
were in a position to hear the discussion I
had with the police officer. They were very
upset and insisted that they wanted to vote.
The police officers said that it was not their
fault and that voting should have stopped
from 5.00 p.m. except for persons who were
inside the polling station. They also said that
since the door of the polling station was
opened when they arrived at 5.45 p.m.
voting should stop and we should pack up
and leave.
I therefore counted the ballots, placed
everything in the box, closed it and left the
premises at approximately 6.00 p.m. at that
time there were about 90 persons who were
waiting to vote. I took the ballot box to the
counting centre and delivered it to the
Returning Officer at approximately 7.00
p.m."
7.
Voting conducted in crowded and disorderly
circumstances contrary to section 77 (1).