A recount of the Buccoo/Mt Pleasant seat is set to take place on Monday.
This after defeated PNM candidate for the district, Ancil Dennis, requested that the Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) re-check the results of that district following the December 6 Tobago House of Assembly (THA) election.
A recount of the Buccoo/Mt Pleasant district already took place last Tuesday.
However it resulted in Dennis’s opponent, PDP candidate Sonny Craig’s votes increasing by one.
The check of the poll will take place tomorrow at 10 a.m. at the Lambeau Multipurpose Facility.
Following Dennis’s request, the EBC advised in a letter that candidates and/or their agents are invited to attend.
Each candidate or his agent may appoint one agent to be present if they are unable to attend.
According to the Representation of the People Act Chapter 2:01 106, a candidate for an electoral district or his agent may, within four days of the declaration of the poll under rule 104, apply in writing to the Chief Elections Officer for a check of the results of the poll for the electoral district.
An application for a check has to include a deposit of $500 as security for the cost of the check.
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