The JAKSU Election Commission announced that votes will be counted using OMR machines after encountering inconsistencies between two different counting machines. The announcement was made by JAKSU Election Commissioner Professor Dr. Kaniz Fatema Kakli at the central control room on Tuesday night, January 6, at 11:50 p.m. She stated that vote counting would begin within 20 minutes.

According to Dr. Kakli, the decision followed meetings with all VP and GS candidates, the teachers’ association, department heads, deans, senate members, and various teacher organizations. Initially, 300 votes will be counted manually and then cross-checked on two machines. The machine that matches the manual count will be used for the full count, with periodic manual checks to verify accuracy.

The commission decided to proceed with machine counting after repeated mismatches were observed between two machines from different companies. Following a one-and-a-half-hour meeting with candidates and students, the commission resolved to complete the counting that night. However, it did not specify when the final results would be published.