Though extending the deadline for complaints until 6 p.m. Thursday, Mr. Jenness said that no more complaints concerning ballot box irregularities would be considered after the 43 submitted Tuesday, to prevent further delay in the counting process.
The United States Olympic Committee sought to reassure nervous corporate sponsors yesterday that irregularities would be cleaned up in the bidding process for the Winter and Summer Games, naming George J. Mitchell, the former Senator from Maine, to head its investigation into allegations of vote-buying in Salt Lake City for the 2002 Winter Games.
And with that seal of popular ratification, "all antecedent errors and irregularities" would be eradicated.
President Dmitry Medvedev said on Sunday on his Facebook page that the alleged irregularities would be investigated, although a spokesman for Mr Putin, Dmitry Peskov, said the overall result would not be affected.
Asked if he was sure no irregularities would be found, he said: "Well that's always the risk you would take if you're prepared to do an open and independent and objective review.
The Chief Justice said that the irregularities would be found unconstitutional by any court "with its right mind" When making the earth-shaking judgment annulling the presidential election, Chief Justice David Maraga had said that the judges had found "irregularities and illegalities" in the conduct of the election.
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe said the voting was flawed and voiced concern that the irregularities would be repeated.
He added that "it appears that there may be some material irregularities" with respect to the credentialing deadline and that resolving those irregularities would be "entirely up to the NHYRF".
But if Barcelona was penalised for violating Fifa's regulations, and the Madrid clubs committed identical irregularities, it would be normal to punish them the same way".
In a statement, the company tried to reassure investors that 2004 operations had been "healthy" so far, that February group sales in local currencies had grown faster than in the corresponding period in 2003 and that the company had not uncovered "major misappropriations or irregularities that would be financially significant to the company as a whole".
