Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Public Relations Officer (PRO), Yolanda Ward today affirmed that the elections body is “committed to delivering results within the shortest possible time” as the nation waits for the official declarations of results in the September 1 General and Regional Elections.
Speaking at GECOM’s first post-poll press conference on Monday, held at GECOM’s Media Centre, Regency Suites, Ward noted that while GECOM has estimated a possible declaration by Thursday, the law allows up to 15 days to release results, and recounts or other extenuating factors could delay this timeline.
“We want to ensure that this process concludes within the shortest time possible,” Ward noted.
“As always we understand the anxiety and we have committed to delivering those results within the shortest possible time… taking into account all of the legal provisions that are in place. When I say legal provisions that is as it relates to the request for recounts. If they are requests for recounts and we have to facilitate those recounts then it means it may shift those anticipated timelines.”
GECOM had previously estimated the completion of district declarations by Wednesday evening, and the national declaration of election results by Thursday morning. Some 757,690 voters were registered to cast their votes at some 2790 polling stations across the country in Guyana’s September 1 General and Regional Elections.
Tabulation of the ballots commenced on site at the polling stations immediately after the close of polls at 18:00hrs, allowing for the Statements Of Poll (SOP) to be generated and posted outside of the polling station.
This year’s elections also saw a new feature with the introduction of the real-time uploading and display of election results on the GECOM website following the close of polls.
The uploads are being done after the SOPs are received by the Returning Officers (RO) and Supernumerary Returning Officers (SRO) of the respective districts at their respective offices.
As of late last evening GECOM had already begun to post some SOP results on the website.
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