Opposition Alleges Afghan Election Fraud
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KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghanistan's first direct presidential election was thrust into turmoil hours after it started Saturday when all 15 candidates challenging interim leader Hamid Karzai said they would boycott the outcome because of potential fraud in the system designed to keep voters from casting more than one ballot.    The opponents of the U.S.-backed Karzai - who was heavily favored to win - demanded that the election be abandoned, arguing that problems with the ink used to mark voters' thumbs opened the way for widespread multiple voting...
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Afghan and foreign officials are urging patience as they start investigating alleged cases of voter fraud in Afghanistan&#39;s first presidential election.
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Afghans turned out to vote in large numbers on Saturday, but Hamid Karzai and his rivals disputed the integrity of the vote.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - Hamid Karzai's rivals said Sunday it was too early to call Afghanistan's inaugural presidential election, despite the interim leader's dominant showing after three days of vote-counting.    The U.S.-backed incumbent's main challenger, Yunus Qanooni, insisted that a full count and a proper investigation by a panel of foreign experts on fraud allegations could yet put him in the running...
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KABUL, Afghanistan - The chief rival of interim President Hamid Karzai said he has evidence of organized fraud in Afghanistan's election and accused the U.N.-Afghan electoral commission on Monday of ignoring his complaints.    In the second deadly incident surrounding the election, five people - including at least one election worker - were killed by an explosion as they drove near the Pakistan border, the joint U.N.-Afghan electoral commission said...
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ISN SECURITY WATCH (18/10/04) - Yunus Qanooni, the main contender against interim president Hamid Karzai in Afghanistanâs 9 October presidential elections, accused election organizers on Monday of massive fraud and ârobbing the peopleâs voteâ.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghanistan's first direct presidential election was thrust into turmoil hours after it started Saturday when all 15 candidates challenging interim leader Hamid Karzai said they would boycott the outcome because of potential fraud in the system designed to keep voters from casting more than one ballot.    The poll also was marred by violence, as militants ambushed police escorting boxes of ballots, killing three officers in the deadliest direct assault on the landmark post-Taliban vote, a senior official said...
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A Karzai&#39;s rival in the landmark Afghan presidential election Hajji Mohammad Mohaqiq Sunday termed the poll as a fraud and called upon the United Nations to investigate.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghanistan's first direct presidential election was thrust into turmoil hours after it started Saturday when all 15 candidates challenging interim leader Hamid Karzai alleged fraud over the ink meant to ensure people voted only once and vowed to boycott the results.    But electoral officials rejected their demand that the vote be called off, saying an apparent mix-up with the ink was not severe enough to halt the historic vote...
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As polls closed in Mozambique last night, opposition candidate Afonso Dhlakama accused the government of electoral fraud. Mr. Dhlakama told The Washington Times that several
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The joint UN - Afghan election commission has asked the United Nations to appoint a panel of independent experts to investigate claims of voting fraud in Saturday&#39;s presidential election in Afghanistan.
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Georgia's opposition gears up for mass street protests, accusing the authorities of rigging presidential elections.
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Musharraf's party faces vote-rigging allegations in key electoral battlefields in Pakistan
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KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghan election officials agreed Sunday to create an independent commission to probe opposition charges of fraud in this nationâs first-ever presidential poll, while ballot-boxes stuffed with the aspirations of the people of this
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Afghan officials delayed counting ballots  on Monday to deal with complaints of fraud in a historic  presidential election, but several candidates appeared to be  pulling back from an initial decision to reject the vote.
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Russian prosecutors accused opposition candidate Mikhail Kasyanov on Tuesday of forging signatures for his presidential bid, a step that could lead to his disqualification from the election.
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Afghans packed polling stations Saturday for a historic presidential election that was blemished when all 15 candidates opposing US-backed interim President Hamid