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Chief Electoral Officer Kripasur Karki, who was entrusted with the duty of investigating the unsigned ballots, knowledgeable that they’ve determined to cancel these ballots in coordination with the Election Commission. He additionally mentioned that the election officers who don’t signal the poll papers will probably be punished in accordance with the legislation.
While the votes have been being counted, it was discovered that 49 poll papers stamped with the election image of the Maoist middle and 33 poll papers stamped with the election image of the CPN-UML didn’t have the signature of the election officer. Some of the ballots stamped with the election symbols of RPP and Rashtriya Swatantra Party have been additionally discovered to be unsigned. After that, the counting of votes was stopped for about half an hour after the representatives of the candidates raised their voices about whether or not this was a coincidence or an intention.
Bishwaraj Acharya, the consultant of Maoist Center candidate Rekha Sharma, mentioned that if the ballots are exterior the entire variety of ballots forged within the poll field, they need to be automatically invalidated, but when they’re inside that quantity, they need to be upheld. “If there isn’t any intention on this, our opinion is that the folks ought to uphold the vote given by the holy need,” mentioned Acharya, “if that is the intention, it needs to be in accordance with the legislation.”
It was discovered that the poll papers of Padmodaya High School, Jabarkot, Bozpokhara, Banglachuli of Garhi neighborhood and different locations weren’t signed. Chief Electoral Officer Karki mentioned that each one these ballots will probably be robotically invalidated. “After 88 ballots with out the signature of the election officer have been discovered, the counting of votes was suspended unofficially, then I coordinated with the Election Commission,” he mentioned.
According to the vote outcomes until this morning, Rekha Sharma of CPN Maoist Center has maintained her lead over CPN UML candidate Shankar Pokhrel in Dang 2.