NATIONAL RECOUNT OF GENERAL AND REGIONAL ELECTIONS 2020

SUMMARY OF OBSERVATION REPORTS FOR DISTRICT THREE

1. The recounting of votes cast on 2nd March 2020 for Essequibo Islands/West Demerara,
District Three that has a voting population on the Official List of Electors (OLE) of one
hundred thousand seven hundred and fifty-eight (100,758) electors, which represents
three (3) geographical constituency seats of the National Assembly was completed on
4th June 2020. A total of three hundred and fifty-five (355) ballots boxes were
recounted, resulting in a total of 72,592 and 72,457 votes tabulated for the contesting
parties in the General and Regional elections, respectively.
2. Upon the conclusion of the recount process, three hundred and fifty-five (355)
observation reports were compiled in a matrix by ballot boxes, summarising,
anomalies/irregularities, and allegations of voter impersonation.
Anomalies/irregularities are breaches of polling procedures outlined in the
Representation of the People Act (ROPA) Cap 1:03. Voter impersonation refers to
instances where votes were cast in the names of deceased persons or in names of
electors who were not themselves personally present to cast their ballots on 2 nd March
2020.
3. The anomalies/irregularities include:
i. Two (2) instances where evidence to validate the usage of Form 4 (certificate of
employment) were missing;
ii. Forty-eight (48) instances where Form 19 (oath of identity) that is required by
the statutes for electors voting without ID cards were missing;
iii. Eleven (11) instances where extra ballot papers were found or missing from
ballot boxes without the requisite documentation and;
iv. Three (3) instances where evidence to validate the usage of Form 6
(Appointment of Proxy) were missing.
4. Recorded in the Observation Reports were allegations made by a contesting party that
there were nine hundred and seventy-seven (977) instances of voter impersonation.
The party alleged that based on their investigations in this region; there were six (6)
instances where deceased persons appeared to have voted and nine hundred and
seventy-one (971) instances where electors who are alleged to be out of the jurisdiction
were recorded as having voted.

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5. In respect of the allegations of voter impersonation, responses from the Chief

Immigration Officer and review of the General Registrar’s Office Deceased Reports
confirmed that these were of substance.
6. A total of two hundred and twelve (212) ballot boxes stand affected by a total of one
thousand and forty-one (1,041) anomalies and/or alleged voter impersonation. In other
words, approximately 68% of all votes cast for general elections stand to be impacted
due to either anomalies and/or voter impersonation. Specifically, 4% of the votes cast
were impacted by anomalies, while 61% were impacted by voter impersonation, and 4%
impacted by both anomalies/irregularities and voter impersonation.
7. In District Three, seven (7) Poll books were recorded as missing and sixty-four (64)
instances where the evidence of polling activities was not recorded in the available poll
books. Specifically, two (2) certificates of employment (Form 4), forty-eight (48) oaths
of identity (Form 19), and three (3) Appointment of Proxies were not available to
support entries in the poll books. As a consequence, it could not be reconciled that
electors who cast ballots in these cases met the statutory requirements.
8. Another procedural error is noteworthy, three (3) ballots were rejected for want of
official mark (unstamped ballots).
9. Potentially, 2,517 votes in twelve (12) ballot boxes stand to be impacted by anomalies
and irregularities; this represents 4% of all votes cast for List of Candidates in District
Three. These anomalies and irregularities impact 4.3% of votes cast for ANUG, 5% of
votes cast for APNU+AFC, 3.4% of votes cast for CG, 2.7% of votes for PPP/C, 2.9% of
votes cast for PRP, 2.6% of votes cast for TCI, 5.4% of votes cast for TNM, and 2.3% of
votes cast for URP.
10. On the other hand, a total of 44,225 votes in one hundred and ninety (190) ballot boxes
were impacted by allegations of voter impersonation, or 61% percent of all the votes
cast in District Three. Although it cannot be ascertained who perpetrated the acts of
voter impersonation, evidence points to its impact on each List of Candidates. Of the
one hundred and ninety (190) ballot boxes, 64.6% of votes cast for ANUG, 47.1% of
votes cast for APNU+AFC, 68.3% of votes cast for CG, 67.7% of votes for PPP/C, 64.7%
of votes cast for PRP, 64.9% of votes cast for TCI, 69.6% of votes cast for TNM, and
67.4% of votes cast for URP were impacted.
11. Additionally, there were ten (10) ballot boxes or 4% of votes cast in District Three that
are impacted by both irregularities and voter impersonation. Of the ten (10) ballot

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boxes, 3% of votes cast for ANUG, 3.8% of votes cast for APNU+AFC, 3.1% of votes cast
for CG, 3.4% of votes for PPP/C, 3.7% of votes cast for PRP, 9.1% of votes cast for TCI,
and 3.6% of votes cast for TNM are impacted.
12. Against this backdrop, if the ballot boxes affected by the anomalies/irregularities and
voter impersonation are extracted from the process, the total will be 23,306 votes cast
with a distribution of 85 votes for ANUG, 10,503 votes for APNU+AFC, 80 votes for
CG, 12,556 votes for PPP/C, 39 votes for PRP, 18 votes for TCI, 12 votes for TNM, and
13 votes for URP. A detailed statistical presentation of the categories of anomalies
documented is summarized in Table 1 and detailed in Table 2 (Broadsheet) annexed to
this report.
13. Finally, the summation of anomalies and instances of voter impersonation identified in
District Three clearly does not appear to satisfy the criteria of impartiality, fairness,
and compliance with provisions of the Constitution and the ROPA Cap 1:03.
Consequently, on the basis of the votes counted and the information furnished from the
recount, it cannot be ascertained that the results for District Three, Essequibo
Islands/West Demerara meet the standard of fair and credible elections.

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TABLE SHOWING VOTES CAST PER LIST OF CANDIDATES AND THE IMPACT OF ANOMALIES AND VOTER IMPERSONATION FOR DISTRICT THREE (3).

No. OF CONTESTING PARTIES

No. OF
PARTICULARS BALLOT VOTES CAST TOTAL VOTES CAST REMARKS
ELECTORS
BOXES ANUG APNU + AFC CG PPP/C PRP TCI TNM URP

% of % of % of % of % of % of % of % of % of
VOTES VOTES VOTES VOTES VOTES VOTES VOTES VOTES VOTES VOTES VOTES VOTES VOTES VOTES VOTES VOTES VOTES VOTES
CAST CAST CAST CAST CAST CAST CAST CAST CAST

TOTAL VOTES AND RESULTS AS A PERCENTAGE PER

ACTUAL COUNT 355 100,758 302 0.4% 23,808 32.8% 319 0.4% 47,851 65.9% 136 0.2% 77 0.11% 56 0.1% 43 0.06% 72,592
LIST OF CANDIDATES.

BALLOT BOXES
WITH BALLOT BOXES AFFECTED: 3010, 3012, 3037, 3067, 3100,
12 3,308 13 4.3% 1,186 5.0% 11 3.4% 1,297 2.7% 4 2.9% 2 2.6% 3 5.4% 1 2.3% 2,517 3.5%
ANOMALIES/ 3171, 3314, 3317, 3319, 3322, 3323, & 3355.
IRREGULARITIES

BALLOT BOXES AFFECTED: 3013, 3019, 3032, 3040, 3050,

3051, 3052, 3055, 3056, 3057, 3062, 3063, 3064, 3065, 3066,
3069, 3070, 3071, 3073, 3075, 3078, 3079, 3080, 3083, 3084,
3085, 3086, 3087, 3089, 3090, 3091, 3092, 3093, 3094,
3095, 3097, 3098, 3101, 3102, 3103, 3105, 3106, 3107, 3108,
3109, 3110, 3111, 3113, 3115, 3116, 3117, 3118, 3119, 3120, 3121,
3122, 3123, 3124, 3125, 3126, 3127, 3129, 3130, 3131, 3132,
3133, 3134, 3136, 3137, 3138, 3142, 3149, 3152, 3154, 3155,
3157, 3158, 3159, 3160, 3161, 3162, 3163, 3165, 3166, 3167,
BALLOT BOXES
3168, 3175, 3177, 3178, 3179, 3180, 3182, 3183, 3185, 3186,
WITH VOTER 190 61,512 195 64.6% 11,216 47.1% 218 68.3% 32,390 67.7% 88 64.7% 50 64.9% 39 69.6% 29 67.4% 44,225 60.9%
3192, 3193, 3196, 3198, 3199, 3200, 3202, 3203, 3207, 3208,
IMPERSONATION
3209, 3210, 3211, 3212, 3213, 3214, 3215, 3216, 3217, 3218,
3220, 3221, 3222, 3224, 3225, 3227, 3228, 3229, 3249, 3252,
3255, 3257, 3258, 3259, 3260, 3261, 3263, 3264, 3265, 3266,
3267, 3268, 3270, 3271, 3272, 3273, 3274, 3275, 3276, 3278,
3279, 3280, 3283, 3285, 3286, 3288, 3289, 3290, 3291, 3292,
3294, 3295, 3296, 3297, 3298, 3299, 3300, 3301, 3302, 3306,
3310, 3311, 3326, 3327, 3328, 3329, 3330, 3331, 3332, 3333,
3334, 3336, 3337, 3338, 3339, 3340, 3342, 3343, 3346, 3347,
3348, 3349, 3350, 3351, & 3353.

BALLOT BOXES
WITH
ANOMALIES/ BALLOT BOXES AFFECTED: 3081, 3088, 3099, 3104, 3128,
10 3,417 9 3.0% 903 3.8% 10 3.1% 1,608 3.4% 5 3.7% 7 9.1% 2 3.6% - 0.0% 2,544 3.5%
IRREGULARITIES 3191, 3195, 3204, 3232, & 3269.
& VOTER
IMPERSONATION

TOTAL VOTES AND RESULTS AS A PERCENTAGE PER

TOTAL NUMBER
LIST OF CANDIDATES IMPACTED BY THE
OF AFFECTED 212 68,237 217 71.9% 13,305 55.9% 239 74.9% 35,295 73.8% 97 71.3% 59 76.6% 44 78.6% 30 69.8% 49,286 67.9%
ANOMALIES/IRREGULARITES and/or VOTER
BALLOT BOXES
IMPERSONATION.

BALLOT BOXES
WITHOUT
ANOMALIES/
143 32,521 85 28.1% 10,503 44.1% 80 25.1% 12,556 26.2% 39 28.7% 18 23.4% 12 21.4% 13 16.88% 23,306 32.1%
IRREGULARITIES
or VOTER
IMPERSONATION

NOTE:
TABLE 1
ANOMALIES/IRREGULARITIES:- MISSING CERTIFICATES OF EMPLOYMENT, OATHS OF IDENTITY, & EXTRA BALLOTS
VOTER IMPERSONATION:- DECEASED OR MIGRATED/OUT OF JURISDICTION ELECTORS WHO APPEAR TO HAVE VOTED