Afghan election official gives 2-week window for runoff vote before winterSeptember 24th, 2009 Afghan official gives 2-week window for new voteKABUL — Afghanistan has a two-week window to realistically hold any presidential runoff vote before winter sets in, an election official said Thursday in a stark acknowledgment that a quick decision is needed on whether to hold new balloting. Preliminary results from Afghanistan's Aug.
EU monitors say a third of Karzai votes are suspectSeptember 17th, 2009 KABUL - European Union monitors believe that about one-third of the votes cast for President Hamid Karzai in the Aug. 20 election are suspicious and should be examined for fraud.
Full, uncertified Afghan vote tally: Karzai has 54 percent; fraud probes still pendingSeptember 16th, 2009 Karzai leading Afghan vote with 54 percentKABUL — Afghan officials issued full preliminary results Wednesday showing President Hamid Karzai got 54.6 percent of the vote in last month's election, a result that could be annulled by mounting fraud allegations. European Union election monitors say fraud is indicated in more than a quarter of the 5.6 million votes counted.
Afghan election officials to release full preliminary results after repeated delaysSeptember 16th, 2009 Full preliminary results expected from Afghan voteKABUL — Afghan election officials plan to release the full preliminary results Wednesday from last month's presidential vote, though the much-delayed total has lost some significance in an election now likely to be determined by the outcome of fraud investigations. With about 93 percent of preliminary results already released, President Hamid Karzai leads top challenger Abdullah Abdullah with 54 percent of the vote, comfortably above the 50 percent threshold needed to avoid a runoff.
Afghan body to recount ballots from 10 percent polling centresSeptember 15th, 2009 KABUL - Election authorities said Tuesday they would recount ballots from around 10 percent of the polling stations in last month's presidential vote due to indications of fraud. The UN-backed Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) ordered the recount after receiving more than 2,000 complaints of fraud, with hundreds of them said to be serious enough to affect the outcome.
Recount order affects 10 pct of Afghan vote sites over suspect counts in presidential electionSeptember 15th, 2009 Recount order affects 10 pct of Afghan vote sitesKABUL — Ballots from about 10 percent of Afghanistan's polling stations must be recounted because of suspicions of fraud in last month's presidential election, according to an order from a U.N.-backed body, an official said Tuesday. The recounts raise the possibility that President Hamid Karzai's lead could drop below the 50 percent threshold, forcing the country to hold a second-round runoff between Karzai and top challenger Abdullah Abdullah.
Recount ordered at 10 pct of Afghan vote sites over suspect tallies in presidential electionSeptember 15th, 2009 Recount ordered at 10 pct of Afghan vote sitesKABUL — A U.N.-backed monitoring body ordered Afghanistan's election commission to recount ballots from about 10 percent of the country's polling stations because of suspicious totals in last month's presidential vote, an official said Tuesday. The recount order raises the possibility that President Hamid Karzai's lead could drop below the 50 percent threshold, forcing the country to hold a second-round runoff between Karzai and top challenger Abdullah Abdullah.
Commission probing fraud in Afghan vote issues first order to exclude ballots from final countSeptember 10th, 2009 Fraud commission excludes ballots in Afghan voteKABUL — The U.N.-backed commission investigating fraud in Afghanistan's election issued its first orders Thursday to exclude some ballots from the final tally. The Aug. 20 poll has been increasingly marred by reports of ballot-box stuffing and suspicious tallies.
Karzai backs election commission despite bias charges, highlighting gap with outside overseersSeptember 9th, 2009 Karzai backs Afghan election commissionKABUL — President Hamid Karzai stressed his support for Afghanistan's election commission Wednesday as international trust in the group appeared to erode following allegations of widespread fraud in last month's presidential poll. Karzai's praise for the Independent Election Commission came a day after it announced preliminary results giving him more than 50 percent of the vote, the threshold for avoiding a runoff against his top challenger, former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah.
Karzai has 54 pct in Afghan vote, passing key threshold, but concerns grow over fraudSeptember 8th, 2009 Karzai has 54 pct of Afghan vote amid fraud claimsKABUL — President Hamid Karzai surpassed for the first time the 50 percent threshold needed to avoid a run-off in Afghanistan's presidential election, according to preliminary results released Tuesday, but with fraud allegations rising, a U.N.-backed commission ordered a re-count of tainted ballots. The chief electoral officer of the Afghan-run Independent Election Commission, Daoud Ali Najafi, said that recounting votes could take "two or three months," meaning the already over-extended election is likely far from over.
Afghan electoral officials discard about 200,000 votes because of fraudSeptember 8th, 2009 200,000 ballots rejected for fraud in Afghan voteKABUL — About 200,000 votes have been thrown out of the tally of Afghan election results because of fraud, an election official said Tuesday. Widespread allegations of ballot-box stuffing and suspicious tallies are threatening the legitimacy of Afghanistan's Aug.
U.N.-backed commission finds fraud in Afghan election results, orders recounts at some sitesSeptember 8th, 2009 UN-backed commission orders Afghan vote recountsKABUL — The U.N.-backed commission ordered a re-count Tuesday of ballots where it had found "convincing evidence" of fraud in Afghanistan's presidential election, including polling stations where all votes were cast for a single candidate. Widespread allegations of ballot-box stuffing and suspicious tallies are threatening the legitimacy of Afghanistan's Aug.
Karzai has 54 pct in Afghan vote, passing threshold for outright victory, amid fraud claimsSeptember 8th, 2009 Karzai has 54 pct in Afghan of fraud-tainted voteKABUL — President Hamid Karzai surpassed for the first time the 50 percent threshold needed to avoid a run-off in Afghanistan's presidential election, according to preliminary results released Tuesday, but with fraud allegations rising, a U.N.-backed commission ordered a re-count of tainted ballots. The chief electoral officer of the Afghan-run Independent Election Commission, Daoud Ali Najafi, said that recounting votes could take "two or three months," meaning the already over-extended election is likely far from over.
Votes thrown out at 447 Afghan polling sites; Karzai closer to 50 percent in election tallySeptember 6th, 2009 Votes thrown out at 447 Afghan polling sitesKABUL — Afghan election officials say they have thrown out votes at 447 voting sites across the country because of fraud allegations. The head of the Independent Election Commission Daoud Ali Najafi couldn't say how many votes are affected.
Karzai creeps closer to 50 percent in Afghan vote; Abdullah far behind at 30 percentSeptember 6th, 2009 Karzai edges closer to 50 percent in Afghan voteKABUL — President Hamid Karzai nudged closer to the 50 percent threshold needed to avoid a runoff in Afghanistan's election, according to the latest results released Sunday. The Aug. 20 ballot has been marred by accusations of vote-rigging and election officials said they threw out results from 447 out of more than 26,000 polling sites because of fraud allegations.
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