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Special votes verification process continues
21 Jul 2013 at 08:21hrs | Views
THE opening and verification of the special votes by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) continued yesterday and was expected to be completed by end of day.
ZEC officials yesterday however said sorting of the ballots in accordance with their destination would take longer.
The team on Friday battled to finish their work and only wrapped up for the day in the early hours of yesterday.
By lunchtime yesterday, boxes from Harare, Bulawayo, Masvingo, Manicaland, Mashonaland (East, North, Central) and Matabeleland had been opened. A total of 4 108 votes were recorded, while 398 ballots were unclaimed.
A ZEC official said unclaimed ballots would be destroyed after the elections.
"The unclaimed ballots will not be opened but will be destroyed after the election. For some reason, these were not opened at their respective stations. It could be that they arrived late," the official told observers at the Harare International Conference Centre (HICC) yesterday.
ZEC chief elections officer, Lovemore Sekeramayi on Friday said the process had gone well.
He said it was impossible to rig elections under such a transparent process.
ZEC officials yesterday however said sorting of the ballots in accordance with their destination would take longer.
The team on Friday battled to finish their work and only wrapped up for the day in the early hours of yesterday.
By lunchtime yesterday, boxes from Harare, Bulawayo, Masvingo, Manicaland, Mashonaland (East, North, Central) and Matabeleland had been opened. A total of 4 108 votes were recorded, while 398 ballots were unclaimed.
"The unclaimed ballots will not be opened but will be destroyed after the election. For some reason, these were not opened at their respective stations. It could be that they arrived late," the official told observers at the Harare International Conference Centre (HICC) yesterday.
ZEC chief elections officer, Lovemore Sekeramayi on Friday said the process had gone well.
He said it was impossible to rig elections under such a transparent process.
Source - standard
