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The ruling Mongolian People”s Party (MPP) and
eight smaller parties signed a petition on Friday that said the new electronic
voting system had “violated the constitution of Mongolia”.
“We are demanding the traditional system of counting votes by hand in
every election constituency across the whole country to end this confusion that
the population has about the voting machines and automated systems,” MPP
secretary Yangug Sodbaatar said.
An electronic voting system was used for the first time in parliamentary
elections on Thursday in an effort to avoid a repeat of the chaos of a manual
count four years ago when corruption allegations triggered deadly riots.
However the automated system has been plagued with technical problems, and
results of the elections that were intended to be released within hours of
polls closing are still yet to be announced.
eight smaller parties signed a petition on Friday that said the new electronic
voting system had “violated the constitution of Mongolia”.
“We are demanding the traditional system of counting votes by hand in
every election constituency across the whole country to end this confusion that
the population has about the voting machines and automated systems,” MPP
secretary Yangug Sodbaatar said.
An electronic voting system was used for the first time in parliamentary
elections on Thursday in an effort to avoid a repeat of the chaos of a manual
count four years ago when corruption allegations triggered deadly riots.
However the automated system has been plagued with technical problems, and
results of the elections that were intended to be released within hours of
polls closing are still yet to be announced.
