Maldives ballot paper details disclosed
There are 262,135 eligible voters and 472 ballot boxes.
20 Sep 2018, 9:00 AM
The Elections Commission said Wednesday 264,756 ballot papers had been printed for the presidential election scheduled for September 23, local media reported.
Mihaaru reported the EC contracted local firm M7 Printers at a cost that was MVR3 million (USD$194,250) higher than the second bidder.
M7 bid MVR345.85 to print a 25-ballot book while Novelty Printers – which has done the ballots for previous presidential elections – bid MVR63.80.
The Elections (General) Act says the EC must publicly announce the total ballots printed and where they were printed at least five days before the election, meaning it avoided breaking the law but only just.
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