Elections Recount Order at centre of Appeal Court hearing

After hearing almost two hours of arguments the Court of Appeal yesterday set March 22nd for further testimony in the appeal of Chief Justice Roxane George’s ruling throwing out Elections Petition 88 of 2020, Claudette Thorne et anor v Keith Lowenfield.

In this matter, petitioners Claudette Thorne and Heston Bostwick have maintained the argument that Section 22 of the Elections Law (Amendment) Act (ELAA) 2000 is unconstitutional and that Order 60 of 2020, which authorized the recount of the March 2nd 2020 elections, is invalid and of no effect.