Nearly 140,000 personnel were deployed to polling sites nationwide on Wednesday as voting for the 22nd National Assembly began in the morning.
The head of the National Election Commission (NEC) said Tuesday that the watchdog plans to undertake “strong” action against people who spread claims of electoral fraud regarding early voting for the April 10 general election.
The National Election Commission (NEC) debunked allegations of electoral fraud on Sunday after CCTV footage catching what seemed to be people tampering with ballot boxes started circulating.
As the campaign heats up, conspiracy theories will bloom until election day. To prevent hiccups, the NEC must do its best to closely monitor the whole voting process.
The six-day overseas voting period for the April 10 general election will begin Wednesday at 220 polling stations across 115 countries.
The rival parties locked horns over alleged cybersecurity vulnerabilities in the state-run election watchdog's voting and ballot counting systems during a parliamentary audit of the National Election Commission (NEC) Friday.
The NIS has found that the election commission's internal network as well as the voting management system could easily be infiltrated even accessing through the internet, allowing the vote results to be manipulated.
It turned out that the National Election Commission has committed 353 cases of illegal recruitment over the past seven years.
The controversial election oversight agency on Friday buckled under public pressure and accepted an investigation by the Board of Audit and Inspection (BAI) on nepotism.
The only solution is a colossal revamp of the National Election Commission.
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