The High Court declared three spotted vote papers from the Veyvah Council election invalid and ordered the Elections Commission to re-announce the results after deducting them, which would shift the victory from the MDP candidate to PNC contestant Mohamed Nazeeh. Judge Ibrahim Mahir dissented, saying the ink spots would not compromise vote secrecy.
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If there is an opportunity to specify that a particular mark will be on a vote paper, and if that mark is such that it is identifiable to those observing from a distance even upon a superficial glance, then that vote paper is one that cont…
it is not believed that the ink spots on the vote papers would lead to the loss of the secrecy of the vote.
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