Politics

MDP suspects electoral fraud in presidential election, says Nasheed

18 Jan 2014, 7:37 PM
The opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) suspects electoral fraud using fake national identity cards in last year’s presidential election, former President Mohamed Nasheed has said.
Speaking to reporters after voting in today’s local council election, Nasheed referred to the Elections Commission (EC) including ID card photos in voter lists used at polling stations.
“We now have photos of all eligible voters. [But] we can see people without photos in the eligible voters list. We suspect very strongly that those without photos are non-existent people. However, they voted in the presidential election,” Nasheed said.
Nasheed explained that all candidates were sent the marked voters registry after the election, which identifies those who voted.

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