“Yes” marked stamp given to voters in Ankara

Reports of violations and irregularity are coming through from Turkish capital Ankara too as voting in the referendum for constitutional amendments continues in Turkey. 

Reports of violations and irregularity are coming through from Turkish capital Ankara too as voting in the referendum for constitutional amendments continues in Turkey.

At Ballot #2083 in Çocuk Sevenler Derneği Elementary School in Karapürçek, unstamped bills were stamped later. 184 votes were cast on unstamped bills.

At Ballot #1172 in Mamak Suzan Mehmet Gönç High School, the ballot committee forgot to stamp the bills and announced that the bills will be stamped later when the ballot was opened.

At Ballot #2123 in Mev Middle School in Yeni neighborhood, written minutes were torn out. Police arrived at the scene when the neighborhood headman and the observers intervened. Observer Can Gönülalan was detained after the skirmish that ensued.

In several schools in Ankara’s Mamak and Sincan districts, the ballot committee stamp was never stamped on the bills or it was stamped on the middle of the front side of the bill. There are many votes cast with these bills. If the stamp was put in the middle in the front side, that can’t be considered a reason for cancelling the votes as the mistake was with the ballot committee. If there are no stamps, by rule the votes should be considered invalid.

In Batıkent Seviye College, the voters are given a “Yes” marked stamp to vote with.