BREAKING its previous records once again, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) processed a total of 100 ballot boxes on Sunday, Day 26, of the national recount. This brings the number of boxes left to be counted to 600.

According to GECOM’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), Yolanda Ward, of the 100 boxes processed on Sunday, 41 were from Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica), 34 were from Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne), 10 from Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo) and 15 from Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice).

Meanwhile, providing an update on the contentious ballots of Region Four, Commissioner Sase Gunraj said that ballot boxes belonging to the East Bank and South Georgetown are completed while North Georgetown is in progress. He said that Sunday also saw the certification of Region Three and two boxes remaining to be counted in Region Nine. All of the ballots belonging to Regions 1, 2, 3, 5, 7 and 8 have been completed.

At the completion of each ballot box at the level of the workstations, a Statement of Recount (SOR) is generated, and, according to Ward, 1,684 SORs for General Elections have been tabulated within the Tabulation Centre and 1,684 SORs for the Regional Elections have been tabulated.

The order for the ongoing national recount has been amended with the new deadline for the completion of the process being June 13, 2020. According to the amended order, the results of the recount will be declared within three days after the process is completed.