Maldives electoral body ‘on the verge of stealing elections’
The joint opposition accused the Elections Commission of conspiring with the incumbent.

15 Aug 2018, 9:00 AM
Lack of national identity card number or photos on the voter list and failure to announce a credible figure of re-registration voters three days after the deadline. “The opposition is concerned the EC has doctored figures, especially amidst reports that some government loyalists have been issued double ID cards which they can use to vote at two different locations.”
Failure to give a date for publishing the final voter list.
Re-registration of civil servants and staff of state-owned companies who were forced to submit forms to a political appointee and refusal to re-register known opposition supporters.
A video of the first lady saying that forms from the “civil service and companies” were being sent to the ruling party campaign office.
Rumours of the EC accepting forms from President Abdulla Yameen’s campaign office past the deadline “amidst a growing public outrage that many are not re- registered, or are being registered to the wrong place.”
New measures that would prevent candidate representatives to take in their own list of voters to observe at each polling station. “Observers are only allowed to take in the entire initial voter’s list – without the changes after the re-registration. This way, observers will not be able to determine if people are not registered to the box vote there, opening up the way for massive voter fraud.”
Police threat of action against the use of campaign posters of convicted leaders.
Police failure to investigate attacks on opposition campaign quarters and a confrontation of the candidate.
A fine of US$130,000 imposed on opposition-aligned broadcaster Raajje TV – while “state media actively campaigns for the president” – and visa restrictions that require foreign journalists to have a local sponsor to obtain accreditation.
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Rejection of re-registration forms from resort workers.
Young people allegedly approached by ruling party members and told to vote twice, once in the capital and once in their island.
People who never applied to re-register have been registered to islands they have never been to.
People with disabilities are also being told to vote twice.
Numerous complaints from civil servants and staff from state companies who are allegedly threatened and forced to campaign for Yameen.