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Sudan political parties accuse each other of voter fraud ahead of 2010 elections
November 8, 2009
[JURIST] Rival political parties in Sudan [JURIST news archive] have accused each other of fraud, torture, intimidation, and sabotage as voters began registing Sunday for the first democratic multi-party elections in almost a quarter of a century, slated for April of next year. The dominant National....... [more] 
Gabon court declares Bongo victor in disputed presidential election
October 13, 2009
[JURIST] The Constitutional Court of Gabon upheld on Monday the presidential election victory of Ali Ben Bongo Ondimba [BBC Profile]. Bongo, former minister of defence and foreign affairs and of son of long-time Gabonese president Omar Bongo [BBC Profile], received over 40 percent of the vote, but w....... [more]
Afghanistan official resigns from UN-backed electoral commission
October 13, 2009
[JURIST] One of the two Afghans on the UN-backed Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) [official website] resigned on Monday, citing "foreign interference." The panel is tasked with investigating the allegations of fraud surrounding the disputed August presidential elections [JURIST news archive]. M....... [more]
Afghanistan electoral commission orders recount at 10 percent of polls
September 15, 2009
[JURIST] The UN-backed Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) [official website] in Afghanistan said Tuesday that ballots from about 10 percent of polls need to be recounted because of allegations of fraud in last month's presidential election. Canadian head of the ECC Grant Kippen said that ballots....... [more]
UN-backed Afghanistan electoral commission invalidates ballots
September 11, 2009
[JURIST] The UN-backed Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) [official website] on Thursday invalidated ballots from last month's presidential election from certain polls in Kandahar, Ghazni, and Paktika [press releases, PDF] provinces. The ECC found "clear and convincing evidence of fraud" at 51 po....... [more]
UN-backed Afghanistan electoral commission orders partial recount of votes
September 9, 2009
[JURIST] The UN-backed Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) [official website] on Tuesday ordered [press release, PDF] Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission (IEC) [official website] to conduct a partial recount of votes from polling stations with high irregularities. According to ECC invest....... [more]
Afghanistan election commission defends poll results against fraud allegations
September 6, 2009
[JURIST] Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission (IEC) [official website] said Saturday that it is doing its job faithfully and impartially in an attempt to reassure the Afghan public amid allegations of voter fraud in the recent presidential election [JURIST news archive]. The remarks are mai....... [more]
Afghanistan opposition candidate alleges fraud in recent presidential election
August 24, 2009
[JURIST] Afghan opposition candidate Abdullah Abdullah [BBC profile] on Sunday alleged widespread voter fraud in last Thursday's presidential election. Abdullah said his campaign has filed more than 100 complaints [Washington Post report] with the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) [official webs....... [more]
Iran council rules out new elections following fraud investigation
June 23, 2009
[JURIST] Iranian authorities announced on Tuesday that they would not hold a new presidential election, maintaining that there was no evidence of any major fraud or irregularity in the contested results [BBC backgrounder]. Following its investigation [JURIST report], the country's Guardian Council f....... [more]
Iran to conduct partial recount after leader orders probe into vote fraud
June 16, 2009
[JURIST] Iran's Guardian Council of the Constitution [official website; in Persian] said Tuesday that it would conduct a partial recount of disputed presidential election results [BBC backgrounder] after the country's spiritual leader and highest authority, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei [official profile;....... [more]
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