Maldives resort ballot boxes exceed 2013 figure
More than 40 resorts will have polling stations.
29 Jul 2018, 9:00 AM
The number of ballot boxes to be kept on resort islands for the September 23 presidential election has risen to 43, exceeding the count during the last presidential election.
It rose above the 42 ballot boxes in 2013 after the Elections Commission announced Saturday night that polling stations will be set up in Dhigali Maldives in Raa atoll and Oblu by Atmosphere at Helengeli in Kaafu atoll.
The EC’s previous decision to drop resort ballot boxes by 87 percent to just seven resorts drew fierce criticism from political parties and civil society. It later reversed the decision and announced that ballot boxes would be kept in resorts where more than 100 Maldivian workers register to vote.
A total of 28 resorts agreed to keep ballot boxes when the EC’s registration deadline lapsed on July 19. But the deadline was extended and 13 more resorts registered by last Thursday.
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