Former Supreme Court Justice Husnu Al Suood warned that invalidating all ballot papers bearing printing-ink dots could cause major disruption and affect future elections. The High Court had invalidated three ballot papers with black-ink marks in the Meemu Veyvah council race, shifting the result to PNC candidate Mohamed Nazeeh, and MDP has appealed the ruling.
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During today's trial hearing, Suood stated that ballot papers across Maldives that were cast may have dots on them and if the court rules the ballots are invalid because of that, it may bring about undesirable consequences.
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If the court rules that all of the ballot papers that have dots on them are invalid, it is my opinion that it may cause a major disruption. It is viable to submit a case to check whether the ballots have dots on them... but the deadline ha…
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Consequently, the judgment declared those three vote papers invalid. It also ordered the Elections Commission to announce the election results again after deducting those three votes.
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