ECP explains what would count as valid or invalid vote on election day

In a letter addressed to presiding officers, the ECP listed down the requirements that a ballot paper would have to meet in order to be included in the counting process.

The watchdog, in its instructions, said that a ballot paper will be termed invalid if:

• it’s missing the official code mark or assistant presiding officer’s signature

• it’s missing the ECP’s watermark

• it’s missing the official nine-matrix seal

• it has a paper or anything else attached to it

• it has stamps on more than one candidate’s election symbols

• it appears equally in more than one candidates’ boxes

The ECP, however, added that a stamp which appears in multiple boxes but a prominent portion of which is in favour of a particular candidate, will be counted as a valid vote.

Multiple stamps on the symbol of a particular candidate, as well as stamps on both the symbol and the name of a candidate will also be counted as valid votes, the ECP explained.

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