FIND THE LATEST NEWS UPDATED EVERY DAY AT CARIBBEANLIFENEWS.COM Vol. 31, Issue 19 BROOKLYN EDITION May 8-14, 2020 By Bert Wilkinson Nine weeks after Guyanese voted in general elections on March 2, a complete recount and audit of every single ballot cast began on Wednesday with the governing coalition saying its claims of victory would be vindicated and the main opposition party appearing to be nervous about what the exercise could reveal. The People's Progressive Party (PPP), which had been vigorously campaigning only for a recount in the main electoral District Four, is arguing that while all ballots should be counted, authorities should not place too much weight on discrepancies found once ballot boxes are opened for scrutiny. The total recount will see officials from the elections commission (Gecom) comparing the number of eligible voters against how many actually voted, those who were allowed to vote without photo identification cards or by the mandatory sworn affirmation and whether dead or migrated people were recorded as having voted. The commission said officers will reconcile ballots issued with ballots cast, destroyed and stamped by presiding officers. The officials will also pay attention to statistical anomalies Gecom said in the order governing the recount exercise. The PPP has made it clear that it does not favor Gecom's leaning towards an audit as it is aware that the electoral system is faulty. The coalition said an audit will reveal the extent of PPP ballot stuffing. The PPP said that ballots should be simply counted individually, votes tallied and a winner declared. Gecom on the other hand, said a complete peek of what happened on March 2 will be the only way to determine a credible winner as both of the two Caribbean Life pays tribute to all nurses during Nurses Week including our Healthcare Awardee Merle Warren, CARN Registered Nurse at Mount Sinai Beth Israel OTP. See our special Nurses Week section Pages 17-26. Local leaders call for federal probe By Nelson A. King A coalition of local elected officials from New York and across the country, led by New York City Public Advocate Jumaane D. Williams and Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, has called for the United States Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division to investigate government responses to the COVID-19 crisis and determine whether actions of executive government leaders led to the perpetuating and exacerbating of racial disparities in the impact of the pandemic. Nearly three dozen public officials in cities across the country, including New York City and localities across New York State, Austin, Baltimore, Chicago, Detroit, Durham, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, and Philadelphia sent a letter to Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Eric Dreiband on Tuesday highlighting the growing body of evidence of disproportionate impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on people and communities of more color. They questioned whether executive actions on all levels Continued on Page 14 Continued on Page 14 NURSES TRIBUTE VOTE CHECK BEGINS Guyanese await final recount of general elections /CARIBBEANLIFENEWS.COM
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