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Pakistani Elections

By Thad Hall

There is an interesting story about the Pakistani elections today that discusses the concerns about vote fraud there. This paragraph is especially interesting.

Ms. Fruman, of the National Democratic Institute, described a litany of complaints, mostly from opposition parties, of bribery and the use of state resources for campaigns. The manufacturing of counterfeit identity cards was uncovered in the town of Quetta when a package of 3,000 fake cards split open, she said. Millions of names were found to have been missing from voter rolls, including, in one case, an entire village where support was strong for the Pakistan People?s Party, she said.

Full post as published by Election Updates on February 17, 2008 (boomark / email).