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Ballot papers reprinted days before the 2007 presidential vote

After the Supreme Court ruled that Atiku Abubakar could contest, INEC hurriedly reprinted presidential ballots, which arrived late and without serial numbers.

Where: Nationwide
When: 16 Apr 2007
Election: 2007 presidential election
Casualties: None reported

INEC had excluded Vice-President Atiku Abubakar from the ballot. On 16 April 2007, five days before the vote, the Supreme Court ruled that the commission had no power to disqualify him. New ballot papers were printed abroad and flown in, arriving at many polling units hours late.

The new ballots did not carry serial numbers, which made it far harder to audit them, and voting in many areas started late or did not take place at all.

Sources

2007 Nigerian presidential election · Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)

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