of 10 985 polling stations and out of ten provinces is by no means representative
of the pattern that the applicant alleges in his paragraph 4.6. No trend can be
established by the applicant’s sample.
27.2. In any event, where the actual data for the 2018 general election is available,
no meaningful purpose can be served by the hypothetical that is postulated by
the applicant’s sample. But even if one considers sampling that was being done
during the conduct of the 2018 general election by the largest election observer
group on the ground, ZESN, their report shows consistency with the results
declared for the presidential election by the Electoral Commission. I attach a
copy of that report hereto marked Annexure ‘S’.
27.3. Applicant also alludes to having sourced the said V11s from social media,
suffice to remind him that a V11 form is obtained through the provisions of
s64(1)(d1) of the Electoral Act. The authenticity of his source of data is thus in
doubt.
28. Ad Para 4.7
This is denied.
28.1. Once again, the applicant makes a bald averment based on no evidence.
Nothing is placed before the court to prove or demonstrate the alleged stopping
of counting which he seeks to present to the court as a fact. No affidavits by
election agents stating that counting was stopped and at what polling stations it
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