Georgetown : The Guyana Elections Commission this afternoon said the votes that will be cast by members of the Disciplined Services on Monday, November 21, 2011 will sent directly to the Chief Election Officer in individual envelopes sealed by the members themselves immediately after voting,
The Chief Election Officer, or his duly appointed representative, will sort the envelopes with the ballots and place each envelope in the appropriate packet to be sent through the respective Returning Officers for the votes to be cast, at the relevant Polling Stations in the District where they live, before the close of poll on Election Day.
Before the close of the poll on Election Day, in the presence of the Polling Agents present, the Presiding Officer will verify the number of envelopes, and inform the Polling Agents of his/her proposed action to intermix the Disciplined Services ballots with the ordinary ballots cast at the Polling Station.
The Presiding Officer will then open each envelope with the marked ballots without exposing the secrecy of the ballots, stamp them with the official six digit number for that Polling Station at the top section for General Election and at the bottom section for Regional Election, and insert the folded ballot paper into the Ballot Box in the full view of all present.
Ranks who voted will then be deemed to have cast their votes in the District in which the relevant Polling Stations are situated.
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