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Reports that the dictator printed more than 500,000 ballot papers
Maldives Dictator had pre-planned to rig Saturday's vote and printing extra ballot papers was part of the plan, it's been revealed. "We know that he had printed 500,000 ballot papers, but as we witnessed on the day, lots of stations ran out of ballot papers and in the case of Thinadhoo, papers were brought later on by a chartered flight," said Saleem Ali, asserting his view that the vote was rigged. "Also, the ink used in the voting was not permanent so many supporters of the regime, especially police in the island were able to vote more than once. We did not think about all this when we were monitoring the voting procedure," he added further. Despite this large quantity to printed ballot papers, we understand that new papers are being printed for the re-run of voting in two locations in Hithadhoo, which many are saying that they will boycott in protest for rigging the vote.
Maldives Dictator had pre-planned to rig Saturday's vote and printing extra ballot papers was part of the plan, it's been revealed. "We know that he had printed 500,000 ballot papers, but as we witnessed on the day, lots of stations ran out of ballot papers and in the case of Thinadhoo, papers were brought later on by a chartered flight," said Saleem Ali, asserting his view that the vote was rigged. "Also, the ink used in the voting was not permanent so many supporters of the regime, especially police in the island were able to vote more than once. We did not think about all this when we were monitoring the voting procedure," he added further. Despite this large quantity to printed ballot papers, we understand that new papers are being printed for the re-run of voting in two locations in Hithadhoo, which many are saying that they will boycott in protest for rigging the vote. 
