South Africa: Electoral Officer Faces Fraud Charges

23 April 2009
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4.20pm (SA time): A presiding officer at a polling station in the former heartland of the Inkatha Freedom Party faces criminal charges after a ballot box was found stuffed with votes for the IFP before voting began on Wedneday.

But the chief electoral officer of the Independent Electoral Commission said he was not interested in the investigation, reported Independent Online.

The local officer is facing charges of electoral fraud.

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