Verdict brings to an end manipulation of votes during tallying

The High Court on April 7th held that election results as declared by the Constituency Returning Officer at the constituency level was absolute and could not be varied in any manner by the IEBC. Only an election court reserved the power to overturn such results.

This approach, taken to its logical conclusion would mean that at the national level, the infamous exercise known as ‘tallying’ would cease to exist, closing a loophole that has been used in the past to ‘adjust’ and ‘rectify’ presidential election results.