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Message: [QUOTE="Queen, post: 86030, member: 27"] The recount spiraled into a mess where sketchy ballot boxes got sidelined, and the whole Masaka race slid deeper into legal quicksand. Recount drama at the Masaka City race [LIST] [*]Justin Namere pushed for a court-backed recount after losing the seat. [*]Ballots from Kimwanyi P7 got tossed after a one-name-only box surfaced. [*]Another station vanished from the count due to a missing seal. [*]Counting dragged on long enough to force team splitting. [/LIST] Court supervision and counting grind [LIST] [*]Chief Magistrate Albert Asiimwe ran the process from Kizungu offices. [*]Oversaw vote sorting after problems popped up mid-recount. [*]Ordered faster counting by dividing work across city divisions. [*]Allowed recounts except where defects wrecked ballot trust. [/LIST] Challenge to Rose Nalubowa's victory [LIST] [*]Rose Nalubowa originally walked away, declared the winner. [*]Faced a court fight questioning the results across multiple stations. [*]Refused to join the recount, calling it legally flawed. [*]Claimed defective ballots broke election law basics. [/LIST] Claims of election irregularities [LIST] [*]Justin Namere flagged problems at several polling locations. [*]Alleged vote handling failed basic safeguards. [*]Sought court review rather than fresh voting. [*]Focus stayed on ballot integrity, not margins. [/LIST] Other candidates in the race [LIST] [*]Juliet Kakande ran under the Democratic Party banner. [*]Sawuya Nanyonga entered as an independent contender. [*]Neither drove the recount fight. [*]Both remained sidelined during the court action. [/LIST] Legal precedent hanging over recount [LIST] [*]Justice V. F. Musoke-Kibuuka previously shut down unsafe recounts. [*]Ruled unsealed boxes poison verification outright. [*]Warned courts against pretending broken ballots still work. [*]Past cases backed tossing results once seals fail. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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