Buchanan cites ballot box intimidation, voter suppression in challenge for West Central St Andrew
Toriann Ellis / Our Today
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Reading Time: < 1minutePaul Buchanan, PNP candidate for West Central St Andrew. (Photo: Contributed)
The People’s National Party Candidate for the West Central St Andrew Constituency, Paul Buchanan, yesterday filed an application with the Constituted Authority to void the taking of the September 3 poll in the constituency.
The seat was retained for the Jamaica Labour Party by Prime Minister Andrew Holness.
The application is based on a number of grounds arising from the conduct of the poll.
These include:
Violence and intimidation in the Olympic Gardens and Molynes Gardens Divisions.
Invasion by JLP operatives of the polling station cluster at Seaward Primary School.
Irregular transportation of 18 ballot boxes from that cluster to the counting Centre, resulting in their arrival at 10:00 pm.
Voter suppression in the Molynes Gardens Division and the malfunctioning of the electronic voter identification system, which caused electors to be turned away from polling stations.
Under the law, the Constituted Authority has two weeks to decide on the application and whether to send a petition to the Election Court.
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