Β The National Elections Commission (NEC), informs the public that the process to burn ballot papers and other electoral materials used during the 2020 Special Senatorial Elections, National Referendum, and the two Representatives By-elections continues tomorrow, Saturday across the country.
The Commission says, the process which started on Tuesday, 26 March 2022 in Margibi County, will continue simultaneously on Saturday at 14 of its 19 Magisterial Offices throughout the country.
An NEC statement says the burning of ballot papers and other disposable electoral materials will close at its magisterial offices in Lower Bong, Maryland, and Grand Gedeh counties on, 4 April 2022, 6 April 2022, and 13 April 2022, respectively.
The statement from NEC on Friday says, the ballot papers burning exercise will affect the Central Warehouse at its Headquarters in Monrovia and all of the nineteen (19) Magisterial offices across the country.
According to the NEC statement issued on 1 April 2022, the disposal of the used electoral materials is in accordance with Article 4.16 of the New Elections Law of 1986.
The law states, βthe Commission shall preserve all writs issued for election and all ballots cast and register of voters made in an election until the validity of such election and its result can no longer be disputed. The ballot papers may then be destroyedβ.
Meanwhile, the National Elections Commission is inviting all political parties, coalitions, alliances, civil society groups, and the media to witness all of the burning processes across the country.
