Election Petitions, where in most cases; the applicant lost the election and he alleges that his opponent ‘stole’ the election through voter fraud, voter suppression or super-imposing election figures. Basically, election rigging no matter the method is criminal. That being the case, when the applicant claims that such criminal activities were involved, which swung the election in favor of his opponent, the rule mandates the applicant to prove his case beyond reasonable doubt and not on the balance of probabilities. What is also self-evident is the judicial panel will need more than a little steering in matters of forensic technology, fingerprint of ballot papers and database analytics, amongst others.