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Elections: Marneuli voters return to polling booths

The Central Election Commission announced the repeat vote would take place on June 29. Photo by N. Alavidze

Agenda.ge, 19 Jun 2014 - 18:06, Tbilisi,Georgia

Voters in Georgia’s Marneuli district will return to polling stations next weekend to recast their ballots after votes from two precincts were annulled.

A repeat vote will be held at two precincts in rural Georgia’s Marneuli district, where the June 15 local elections results were annulled because of unlawful ballot-stuffing.

Earlier today the Central Election Commission (CEC) announced the repeat vote would take place on June 29.

The election authorities negated the results of two polling stations in Georgia’s Marneuli municipality after a video was released showing a man stuffing multiple election papers into an official ballot box.

Government officials from the Interior Ministry launched an investigation into the case.

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