Sentences with phrase «ballot boxes»

This paved the way for some thugs to attack the ballot boxes and smashed them, emptying the ballot papers in the directions the wind pleased.

Prior to this election, «rigging an election» usually meant interfering with the vote itself, for example stuffing ballot boxes, miscounting votes, obstructing voter registration, that kind of thing.

«The security taskforce main agenda is to send 6 or more taskforces to NPP strong holds, hot spots on election day and that day, we are going to lynch them if they try it, we have also head that the security will be snatching ballot boxes and we want to tell them we [are] going to lynch them if they try it,» he stated.

We've witnessed how ballot boxes were changed at various police stations in the country after we've gone to sleep.

He alleged that three months to the 2012 general elections, his network of intelligence picked information that the NDC was going to rig the election and that time not through the snatching of ballot boxes but by means of IT processes and that the Castle had already secured 10 percent of the votes.

«The danger is that, if it is not found, it will be utilized by some mischief makers on Election Day and we start seeing ballot boxes popping up in various part of the region and causing confusion.»

«One area we should begin to work in earnest is the inventory of existing equipment and facilities ranging from the Card Readers to ballot boxes, voting cubicles, power generators and the survey of physical infrastructure critical to elections.

People are saying this is no big deal and it can be replaced, but let us not forget that there is a phenomenon of snatching, so that if these are unaccounted for and retrieved, some unscrupulous individuals will snatch ballot boxes and swapo them with these missing ones and run away.»

The Western Regional office of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) who raised the alarm on Saturday said ««on 16th of November 2016, when the ballot boxes were being transported to the various constituencies in the region, in between Tarkwa, six of the boxes went missing.

What was no more than a one - point lead over Labour in the local ballot boxes had seemed like small beer after the SNP's success in winning an overall majority at Holyrood a year earlier.

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Local youths in trainers flinging traditionally fling ballot boxes into a sports hall in their race to be the nation's first.

Ensure that the ballot boxes are sealed with the seals of the Commission and any candidates who wish to add their seal; and

On Election Day, ballot boxes are snatched and stuffed with pre-thumb-printed papers.

And I'm sure honest, hard work will find its reward contained in ballot boxes.

The long wait for the result at Ryedale civic centre in Malton, where the last ballot boxes did not arrive until after midnight, was enlivened by one other election count.

In the opinion of CADA, election threats come in different forms and may include intimidation, registering minors and foreigners, multiple registration, etc. during voter registration exercise or targeting of election officials, intimidation or harassment of journalists, incitement to violence in the media or public, protecting, expanding, or delineating turf or «no - go areas», attacks on election rallies or candidates, intimidation of voters to compel them to vote or stay away, physical attacks on election materials such as snatching and destruction of ballot boxes, armed clashes among political parties, violent clashes among groups of rival supporters, vandalism and physical attacks on property of opponents, targeted attacks against specific candidates or political parties, attacks on rivals who have either won in elections or were defeated, violent street protests and efforts by armed police to maintain or restore order, tear gas, firing on protestors, attacks by protestors on property or the police, escalation and perpetuation of ethnic or sectarian violence.

• The NPP plans to conceal presidential ballot papers in their sleeves or in the battery compartments of their mobile phones and drop them in the ballot boxes on voting day to create over-voting leading to annulment of votes.

• The NPP has recruited «machomen» who will engage in the destruction and burning of electoral materials, EC equipment as well as snatching of ballot boxes in the NDC strongholds.

Before the Deputy Prime Minister discovered Greece, in the period between the ballot boxes closing and the door of his ministerial car opening.

Ballot boxes will then be snatched and swapped with already thumb - printed ballot papers.

This is the only poll of the campaign that would usually be regarded as a «final poll», that is one that has been conducted sufficiently closely to polling day that its accuracy can reasonably be assessed by comparing its voting intentions with the tally of votes that actually emerges from the ballot boxes.

The system is very transparent, difficult to manipulate, so, whoever snatches ballot boxes will not achieve anything.»

MONUSCO's electoral division consists of 51 professional (international) staff, 86 UN volunteers and 41 local staff, working around the clock to distribute the 4,000 tons of election material: 186,000 ballot boxes and 64 million voting cards to 62,000 polling stations (BBC 2011).

That when it comes to the moment of decision, and undecided pens waver over ballot boxes, the prospect of Ed Miliband actually taking up residence in No 10.

There has reported instances where police officers have stood unconcernhttp: / / ghanapoliticsonline.com as ballot boxes are snatched during elections.

23:11 - All the ballot boxes are now at the count.

Given the closeness of the contest and the high stakes involved for participants, there is a possibility that the practice of ethnic hate speech, the rigging of ballot boxes and the organisation of intimidating practices results in large - scale violence, as witnessed in the previous election.

The APC exercise was stalemated on Saturday after thugs stormed the venue of the Primaries while the exercise was going on and smashed ballot boxes.

If today's poll results were to be reflected in the ballot boxes, the party might be left with just half a dozen Scottish seats, while the SNP could win as many as 52 of the country's 59 seats.

In Switzerland, a party might put a campaign stand too close to the voting office, or the ballot boxes might not be built entirely according to code.

Those who steal ballot boxes, those found with ballot papers and who commit other electoral offences should be jailed for 5 years.

Other examples from observers and social media included ballot boxes being stuffed with extra ballots in multiple regions; an election official assaulting an observer; CCTV cameras obscured by flags or nets from watching ballot boxes; discrepancies in ballot numbers; last - minute voter registration changes likely designed to boost turnout; and a huge pro-Putin sign in one polling station.

I spoke with individuals who had not voted since casting ballots for Ronald Reagan (in 1980 or 1984) but who were resolved to turn out to the ballot boxes for Trump.

The only way to get higher turnout is by having ballot boxes all over the place, but no political party here can afford that (it would be a terrible waste of resources).

They smashed ballot boxes and prevented delegates from voting.

The two were virtually dead even in Columbia County on election night, but they haven't recanvassed the ballot boxes yet.

When you bring the ballot boxes, they are there to ensure that it is empty and there are seals on the ballot boxes just like that of the EC.

Was he watching the ballot boxes?

Warning shots were fired by Police to prevent some people from whisking the ballot boxes away.

Members vote on their favorite dish and wine pairing using secret ballot boxes that have the name of the club written on them.

Democracy descends into pageantry, its pomp and circumstance diverting our gaze from the thing itself as it attempts to create a nation out of ballot boxes and nostalgic rhetoric.

In conclusion, we would all do well to remember that the genius of the culture wars is that they convince us we change the world through bumper stickers, boycotts, and ballot boxes.

Elections in the age of low - intensity conflict are generally managed more efficiently than in the past when ballot boxes were stuffed and opposition candidates killed, bribed, or exiled.

''... The genius of the culture wars is that they convince us we change the world through bumper stickers, boycotts, and ballot boxes.

Four days before Christmas they will take it to the ballot boxes in regional elections where they aim to show they are stronger than ever.

And all people did was try to protect ballot boxes from police in riot gear,» he says.

Rajoy has been criticized by the way his government has dealt with the referendum, by ordering the removal of campaign materials, ballot boxes and the use of police.

Like or hate the Million Jobs Plan — at least voters were given the information they need to make an informed decision at the ballot box.

Wells suggests all this is happening because more voters are appearing at the ballot box who are not detected by opinion polls.