754 irregularities reported as Colombia elections end
754 irregularities reported as Colombia elections end
Mar 9, 2014 posted by Mimi Yagoub
As polling stations of Colombia’s 2014 congressional elections close their doors, the country’s Electoral Observation Mission (MOE) reports 858 irregularities and cases of electoral fraud until 3 PM.
Between 11 AM to 3 PM, MOE received 754 further reports of irregularities from those collected earlier today.
Reports of voter corruption — or the buying of votes — have reached a total of 140 so far, representing 17% of total fraud between 11 AM and 3 PM.
There have been a total of 44 reports of illegal political intervention by public workers. The highest occurrences of political intervention this afternoon were in local administrations in the states of Valle, Tolima, Antioquia and Cauca.
In addition there were a further 35 reports of coercion, threats in support of a particular candidacy or political organization, or attempts to stop citizens from voting.
More:
http://colombiareports.co/754-irregularities-reported-polls-shut-corruption-high/