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Both main candidates in Malawi's presidential election claimed victory, despite the electoral commission not yet announcing official results, as the country awaits the final tally in a closely contested race between President Lazarus Chakwera and challenger Peter Mutharika.
Malawi's electoral commission has warned political parties not to declare victory prematurely after the main candidates claimed victory, emphasizing that only the commission can release official results to ensure accuracy and legitimacy amid a tense electoral process.
Burkina Faso's military rulers have disbanded the electoral commission, citing cost and sovereignty concerns, and will now have the interior ministry oversee future elections, as the country remains under military transition following a coup led by Ibrahim Traoré, amidst ongoing jihadist violence and political instability.
Russia's election commission has approved two candidates, Leonid Slutsky and Vladislav Davankov, to run against President Vladimir Putin in the 2024 elections. Both candidates, representing the Liberal Democratic Party and New People Party respectively, are seen by analysts as token opposition. Putin, who has been in power since 1999 and enjoys a high approval rating, is expected to win the March 17 election. Meanwhile, Yekaterina Duntsova, a critic of the Ukraine war, was disqualified from running due to alleged violations in her application.
The UK's Electoral Commission has disclosed that it fell victim to a "complex cyber-attack" in which hackers gained access to copies of the electoral registers and breached its emails and control systems. The attack, which occurred in August 2021 but was only discovered in October, exposed personal data including the names and addresses of UK voters who registered between 2014 and 2022. The commission has urged the public to be vigilant for unauthorized use of their personal data and has taken measures to enhance its system security. The Information Commissioner's Office is conducting an urgent investigation into the incident.
Sierra Leone's main opposition party, the All People's Congress, is demanding a rerun of the presidential election, accusing the electoral commission of conspiring with President Julius Maada Bio's party to rig the results. Bio was declared the winner and sworn in for a second term, receiving 56.17% of the vote. The opposition party called for the resignation of the electoral commission chairman and his team. Pressure is mounting on the commission to open up its conduct of the voting tabulation process, as Western observers have raised concerns about transparency.
Sierra Leone's incumbent president, Julius Maada Bio, has been declared the winner of the presidential election with 56% of the votes, narrowly avoiding a run-off. However, opposition candidate Samura Kamara and civil-society organizations have raised concerns about the legitimacy of the results, citing evidence of violence, discrepancies in voter turnout, and potential voter fraud. Sierra Leone, once seen as a success story for its peaceful transfers of power, now faces the risk of donor aid withdrawal and potential clashes amid opposition protests.
The Carter Center has called on the Electoral Commission for Sierra Leone (ECSL) to release election results by polling station, allowing parties and observers to verify the data. This comes after discrepancies were found between the ECSL results and those of the National Election Watch (NEW). The Carter Center has expressed concerns about the lack of transparency during the tabulation process and has observed irregularities that question the integrity of the results. They recommend setting aside results from ballot boxes opened in violation of procedure until a credible review can be conducted.
President Julius Bio has been declared the winner of the Sierra Leone presidential election, securing over 56% of the votes and avoiding a run-off against his main rival, Samura Kamara. The election was marked by tension and uncertainty, with reports of violence and lack of transparency. The European Union Election Observation Mission highlighted the challenges faced by voters during the process.
Vote tallying is underway in Sierra Leone following the presidential, parliamentary, and local elections held on Saturday. The opposition All People's Congress (APC) has accused the electoral commission of bias in favor of the governing party, raising speculation of a court challenge of the results. The elections were relatively peaceful, but there were reports of violence and intimidation against party agents. Rising food prices were a key issue for many voters in the import-dependent West African nation of eight million people.
Newly revealed audio shows Sen. Ted Cruz explaining how delaying the certification of President Biden’s 2020 election victory would work on a call with a leading Fox News host and her former producer. Cruz’s office, in a press release four days before the attack on the Capitol, joined a number of other GOP senators in a statement calling for an electoral commission, with full investigatory and fact-finding authority, to conduct an emergency 10-day audit of the election returns in the disputed states. Fox has separately accused Grossberg, who says she has dozens more tapes taken from inside the network around the 2020 election, of lying about the company and her experiences there.
Sen. Ted Cruz advocated for the creation of a congressionally appointed electoral commission to assess unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election, according to a recording made by a former Fox News producer. Cruz successfully organized 11 senators to object to the electoral certification as the mechanism to establish a commission. If a majority of the House and the Senate objected to electoral certification on Jan. 6, 2021, then an electoral commission would be stood up immediately, commencing a 10-day review period to be completed before the inauguration.
Hudu Yunusa-Ari, the Resident Electoral Commissioner in Adamawa State, was flown out of Yola in a private jet after he illegally and wrongfully announced Aishatu Dahiru Binani, the candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), as the winner of the governorship election in the state. President Muhammadu Buhari has approved Yunusa-Ari’s immediate suspension pending the completion of an investigation by the Inspector General of Police on his conduct/actions during the election. An officer of Nigeria’s secret police, Department of State Services (DSS), alleged that Yunusa-Ari was paid N2 billion to declare Binani as the winner of the governorship election in the state.
Nigeria's opposition leaders, Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, have filed petitions to cancel the results of last month's presidential election, citing irregularities and accusing the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of breaching the law. They have asked for a fresh vote to be conducted. The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) party's candidate, Bola Tinubu, won the election, which has been defended as credible by Tinubu. The APC and People's Democratic Party (PDP) have governed Nigeria since the end of military rule in 1999. The Appeals Court has 180 days to hear and make a ruling on Obi's challenge.