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45 Poll Workers, Voters Arrested for Electoral Fraud
[Tolo News] At least 45 employees of the Independent Election Commission (IEC) and Afghan voters were arrested in central Logar province on Sunday, local security officials sayThese people were arrested on charges of fraud during the Afghan parliamentary elections held on Saturday, the province's security officials said. Election candidates in the province have also complained of widespread fraud in some volatile districts in the province. Police has arrested 17 workers of IEC and 28 voters on charges of numerous fraud cases in Baraki Barak, Charkh, Mohammad Agha and Pul-e-Alam districts, Ghulam Mustafa Andarabi, the Police Chief of Logar told TOLOnews reporter. "We discovered and closed some polling stations in Baraki Barak and Mohammad Agha districts, and arrested 17 IEC poll workers for committing fraud, and we have evidences as well," he said. "Police has also arrested 28 Afghan civilians on fraud allegations," he added. Meanwhile, some voters and election candidates said empty boxes were filled with ballots in favour of certain candidates. "18 ballots have been put in this box, and this is an evidence of electoral fraud. After the investigations are completed, we will announce such ballots as invalid," one of the observers told TOLOnews reporter. Women in Logar province widely participated in parliamentary elections despite Taliban threats. "We voted despite many problems, including the Taliban threats," the 32- year-old Shabnam, a female voter in Logar told TOLOnews reporter. The Taliban conducted rockect attacks to taget polling stations in Logar during the elections, which had no casualties. Posted by: Fred 2010-09-21 |
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