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ELECTIONS 2022

Within hour of polls opening, LADE records violations at voting centers


Within hour of polls opening, LADE records violations at voting centers

People queue to vote at a polling station, during the parliamentary election in Houla, southern Lebanon May 15, 2022. (Credit: Aziz Taher)

BEIRUT — As the first wave of voters headed to the polls around Lebanon beginning at 7 a.m., the Lebanese Association for Democratic Elections noted a number of violations at voting centers.

Here’s what we know:

    • LADE noted that supplies, including pens, and — crucially — ballot slips, are missing in many polling stations.

    • The opening of some centers was delayed.

    • Some media that had obtained permits to cover the polling were denied access to the voting centers.

    • L’Orient Today’s correspondents also reported some altercations and issues in voting centers, including in Jdeideh (Jouma), in Akkar, where a delegate for one of the candidate lists entered a voting station on the pretext of helping a voter fill out her ballot because she was “illiterate.” The head of the polling station objected and asked police to remove him.

BEIRUT — As the first wave of voters headed to the polls around Lebanon beginning at 7 a.m., the Lebanese Association for Democratic Elections noted a number of violations at voting centers.Here’s what we know:    • LADE noted that supplies, including pens, and — crucially — ballot slips, are missing in many polling stations.    • The opening of some centers was...