Voters have several channels to report fraud and irregularities in relation to Colombia’s presidential election, explain election officials and monitors.
The primary site to report fraud and irregularities, pilasconelvoto.com, is administered by Colombia’s Electoral Observation Mission (MOE), an independent observer group established by the Organization of American States. The website allows citizens to inform the impartial MOE, the general public, and authorities regarding perceived electoral irregularities in their municipalities and states.
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The information reported on the website is sorted by MOE, which holds as its mission statement the guarantee of transparent, free, secure, and reliable elections.
Voters can also file complaints directly to Colombian authorities at the Inspector General’s Office, a government administrative oversight body. Through a telephone hotline and the “Electoral complaints and allegations 2014” link on the office’s frontpage, people can report irregularities and file complaints regarding Colombia’s May 25 presidential election.
Officials from the control body are tasked with verifying the documentation and schedule compliance of the election, conducted from 8AM to 4PM, and with aiding in the ballot counting proces, the El Espectador newspaper reported.
Additionally,the Inspector General’s Office will also exercise preventive control through the presence of jury voting assistance and staff. Representatives from the national Ombudsman’s Office will also join district and municipal attorneys to oversee polling stations, according to El Espectador.
In order to prevent fraud, delegates and jurors will work alongside municipal human rights watchers to intervene at polling stations, if necessary.
On Twitter, the national El Tiempo newspaper has invited citizens to report fraud and other irregularities during election day under the hashtags #yoreporto and #pilasconelvoto.
Hay protestas de ciudadanos en Corferias por inconvenientes para votar. Envíen sus fotos y comentarios usando la etiqueta #YoReporto
— EL TIEMPO (@ELTIEMPO) 25. maj 2014
Reporten las irregularides en la jornada de votación utilizando la etiqueta #PilasConElVoto. Sus denuncias pueden salir al aire en @Citytv
— EL TIEMPO (@ELTIEMPO) 25. maj 2014
The telephone number to the Prosecutor General’s Office hotline is (1) 587-8750 (extensions 10420-10433 ). The national hotlines are 01-800-094-1818 and 01-800-094-0808.
Sources
- Procuraduría recibirá quejas y denuncias durante las elecciones (El Espectador)
- Pilas con voto (MOE)
- Procuraduría General de la Nación (Inspector General’s Office)
