Three (3) ballots were unaccounted for. Relative to this phenomenon the returning officer said :"On the 22nd day of December, 1997 during the final count of ballots one of my assistants brought the ballot box for polling station 64 in polling division 64 to the counting table. When the box was opened I observed that 128 ballots were disfigured, that is, there were marks for more than one candidate. I summoned the presiding officer to the counting centre and she came on the 23rd day of December, 1997. I told her of the condition in which I found the ballots and that they were tampered with. She appeared surprised. She told me that when the preliminary count was done none of the ballots was disfigured. I rejected the 128 ballots that were disfigured and they were not considered in declaring the winner." 1. , . Polling conducted by person not duly appointed for the purpose: section 98. 2. Open voting contrary to section 33 (1). 3. Voting conducted in crowded and disorderly circumstances: section 77 (1). Pastor Burchell McPherson described the scene thus: "When I arrived at St. Stephen's School I saw no security personnel there. I saw three polling divisions operating in a small room which was approximately 20 feet x 12 feet. There was one polling station in each polling division and at each polling station there was a small table on which stood a ballot box. A presiding officer was seated around each table. There were about 30 persons in the

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