photocopies, carbon copies and not signed. And out of the 291 forms, 56 did
not have the watermark feature while 31 did not bear the serial numbers. A
further 5 were not signed at all and 2 were only stamped by the returning
officers but not signed. In addition, a further 32 Forms were not signed by
agents. The above incidences are singled out since they are incidences
where the accountability and transparency of the forms are in question.
[360] The Court also notes that in her affidavit, Immaculate Kassait, a
Director of the 1st respondent deponed as follows:
“SECURITY FEATURES OF STATUTORY FORMS
214.
THAT I am aware that the Commission developed standards
for its electoral goods prior to their procurement. The standards
included specific security features for each ballot paper and
statutory form in order to prevent duplication, misuse, piracy,
fraud, counterfeiting and to improve controls. All the ballot papers
and statutory forms used in the 8th August, 2017 election contained
these security features.
215.
THAT some of the security features employed on the result
declaration Forms 34A and 34B used in the 8th August 2017
election include:
(a) Guilloche patterns against which all background colors
on the various results declaration forms have been printed.
These patterns are non – reproducible geometric patterns
generated by a special security software used for currency
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