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Vote Tampering

January 5, 2021;

192 Tibetans in Ladakh’s Sonamling Settlement have been asked to recast their ballots after accusations of vote tampering were made against an election official. The official at the polling booth, tasked with helping an illiterate voter, is accused of writing the name of another candidate as opposed to the one chosen by the voter. The Accused official expressed regret and prostrated three times before a portrait of the Dalai Lama.

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