Elections

The recount of votes cast in the March 2, 2020 general and regional elections dragged on Wednesday afternoon, with just about 22 boxes declared from which a small number of discrepancies were found, according to well-placed sources. The recount on Day 1 of the exercise at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre began two and a half hours later at 10:30 ...

The Guyana Elections Commission  on Wednesday morning began the long-awaited national recount of all votes cast in general elections held on March 2, 2020. Security was tight. Police deployed sniffer dogs to check for explosives in vehicles. Except for diplomats, the Chief Elections Officer and Election Commissioners, everyone else was subjected to strict security checks. Even a set of meals ...

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) on Tuesday morning began moving more than 400,000 ballots from its headquarters at Kingston, Georgetown to the Arthur Chung Conference Centre at Liliendaal where the national recount is expected to begin on Wednesday. The first two or more than 12 shipping containers left GECOM’s headquarters, Kingston at about 9:01 AM under tight escort by heavily ...

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) will not automatically accept the findings of the recount to declare a winner of the March 2, 2020 general elections, but will first decide whether to ask the Chief Elections Officer, Keith Lowenfield to submit a report to the seven-member body. “The Commission shall, after deliberating on the report at paragraph 11, determine whether it ...

United States Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemispheric Affairs, Michael Kozak on Sunday night called on the Guyana government to give the green light for the return of Carter Centre observers to observe the recount of ballots in general elections held two months ago. “The United States calls on the Government of #Guyana to approve entry for @CarterCenter and ...

The Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT), Justin Nedd on Sunday rubbished claims on Social Media that the phone company planned to go as far as shutting down the Internet during the 25-day recount of votes cast in general elections held two months ago. “GTT hereby states that this statement is baseless, libelous and untrue. ...

Pro-coalition Elections Commissioner, Vincent Alexander on Sunday evening slammed  objections by the opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) to matching the number of votes in the ballot box with the names that have been crossed off by polling day staff at the March 2, 2020 polls. GECOM  decided on Sunday to issue and publish an order in the Official Gazette for ...

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) on Sunday decided that the national recount will begin on Wednesday. Well-placed sources say that decision was taken at today’s commission meeting.  However, the commissioners were up to news time yet to decide on requests by the 10 opposition parties for votes from each Region to be counted at a time, starting from Region One. ...

The United States (US) says the Guyana government has refused to give the green light for the return of Carter Centre observers on Monday, even as the United Nations (UN), Canada and the European Union added its voice to the call. The US  Embassy  said it was informed on Saturday, May 2 that an incoming May 4 flight had been ...

The opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) and the incumbent A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) are at odds over the opposition party’s objection to detailed scrutiny of the ballots and list. PPP Executive Member, Anil Nandlall is resisting a plan by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to check one of the envelopes to determine whether there were errors ...