Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Disenfranchised Votes Point to Potentially Different Election Result

Disenfranchised Votes Point to Potentially Different Election Result

The Cambodia Daily | 30 Oct. 2013 [excerpts] 
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The survey, conducted by the Center for Advanced Studies (CAS) found that “29.5 percent of citizens attempted to vote on election day, but were unable to.” This amounts to about one-third of eligible voters.

“Of citizens unable to vote, 32.6 percent were unable to find their names on the list,” while “15.2 percent said they were prevented from voting by polling officials.”

Coupled with the 300,000-vote difference between the ruling CPP and the opposition CNRP, “this number of disenfranchised voters had the po­tential to have changed the outcome of the elections,” Ms. Thornton said.

The CNRP, which won 55 seats to the CPP’s 68 seats, is presently boycotting the National Assembly.

“The failure of any adequate response to the problem is as alarming as the problem itself,” she added.

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