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Russia's Medvedev orders probe into reported election fraud

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has ordered a probe into allegations of electoral fraud during the Dec. 4 parliamentary vote.

 

How states are rigging the 2012 election

Republican states are trying to make it harder to vote... An attack on the right to vote is underway across the country through laws designed to make it more difficult to cast a ballot. If this were happening in an emerging democracy, we’d condemn it as election-rigging. But it’s happening here, so there’s barely a whimper.

 

Afghanistan rescinds thousands of votes amid election fraud probe

Ballots from 10% of the nation's voting centers have been nullified as widespread complaints of vote irregularities are investigated.

 

'No fraud' as Iraq recount ends

More than two months after Iraq's parliamentary polls, the electoral commission reports no cases of fraud in a partial recount.

 

Allawi Wins Most Seats in Iraqi Elections

Allawi Wins Most Seats in Iraqi Elections

When the votes were all finally counted, Iraq’s election left almost everything unresolved, from who would finally rule the country to whether American combat troops would be able to leave on schedule by August.

 

‘Ordinary’ Afghans have little faith in Karzai

Weary Afghans, who have endured years of hardships imposed by a corrupt government, expressed little hope that President Hamid Karzai's next term will turn their lives around.

 

Afghan Panel Orders Runoff

Afghan Panel Orders Runoff

Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Tuesday that he accepted a finding of widespread fraud in the August presidential elections and endorsed a runoff vote scheduled for Nov. 7.

 

Thousands of Afghan ballots tossed for fraud

Thousands of Afghan ballots tossed for fraud

Fraud investigators have thrown out hundreds of thousands of ballots for Afghanistan's president from the country's disputed ...

 

Afghanistan gears up for final election result

Afghanistan gears up for final election result

A U.N.-backed fraud watchdog said Friday it was close to a verdict in its probe of Afghanistan's presidential election, which could force incumbent Hamid Karzai into a run-off against his main rival.

 

U.N.-Backed Afghan Fraud Panel Member Resigns

A member of a U.N.-backed panel set up to investigate fraud complaints in Afghanistan's election resigned Monday, blaming what he called "the interference of foreigners" in a vote already mired in controversy.

 

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