Electoral observers are warning that more than one in five of Colombia’s municipalities are at risk of electoral fraud during a pending plebiscite on ongoing peace talks with the FARC. The Electoral Observation…
Candidates in northeast Colombia have gone to extreme levels to gain votes by exploiting impoverished children, local media reported Thursday.
Colombia’s 2015 local elections that are set for Sunday have been marred with corruption scandals for weeks. A look at the numbers makes it evident how anti-corruption agents are fighting…
Colombia’s electoral regulating body on Tuesday announced that 974 candidates are ineligible to participate in October 25 local elections due to ongoing judicial proceedings or disciplinary sanctions.
Colombia’s electoral authority said Monday it has cancelled hundreds of thousands of voter registrations across the country amid attempts to curb fraud in upcoming local elections.
Almost 20% of Colombia’s 1101 municipalities are currently at risk of violence and electoral fraud in the run up to the countries’ local elections on October 25, according to electoral observers.
Some 6,550 dead people are registered to vote in Colombia’s upcoming local elections, according to the National Registry.
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office arrested 12 people including a former mayor and three candidates for allegedly tampering with voter registration forms.
Colombia’s Inspector General’s Office has removed 729 candidates in October’s local elections because they were previously barred from holding public office, local media reported.