Missing Supplies and Shortcomings in Procedures The following conclusions were drawn in terms of Missing FREQUENCY Supplies whether there were missing supplies in the ballot box NONE 578 area and whether all procedures were followed in the BOOTH 1 casting of votes. With respect to missing supplies, it BALLOTS 5 was reported that one ballot box did not have a polling ENVELOPES 5 booth; 5 ballot boxes in each place had missing OTHER 1 envelopes of ballots. Total 590 Observer testimonies; ‘There were missing envelopes MISSING 365 in almost all classes.’ The stamp went missing at Ballot Total 955 Box 1261.’, ‘There were envelopes missing in almost all classrooms.” PERCENTAGE 60.5 .1 .5 .5 .1 61.8 38.2 100.0 In 11 ballot boxes, the voters’ IDs were not checked in some cases. The following were noted in the observation forms: ‘One person cast his vote without an ID. Later he came back and signed the list with a photocopy of his ID.’, ‘One voter cast his vote using his ID Check FREQUENCY PERCENTAGE Driver’s License which dd not have a RoT ID number. A ballot YES 869 91.0 box committee member objected to this’, ‘People cast their NO 11 1.2 votes without showing an ID’, ‘There were people casting Total 880 92.1 votes without an ID’ ‘We saw some people who threatened MISSING 75 7.9 the Ballot box Committee Chairperson because he didn’t Total 955 100.0 allow for them to cast their vote without an ID’ , ‘Some people are well known so their Ids are not checked.’, ‘There were complaints because a police was trying to cast a vote even though he didn’t have a document proving he was on duty.’, ‘.… Deputy Muhammet Balta swore at the Ballot Box Committee Chairperson because he asked to see his MP ID Card and didn’t want to show his ID at first. Then he threw all his ID cards at the Chairperson’s face’. Explaining the Voting Procedure to the Voters Explaining the voting procedure to voters is the most important factor directly affecting the number of invalid votes. At 216 ballot boxes observed, it was observed that the Ballot Box Committee Chairperson did not explain the procedure to the voters. This question was left blank in 110 forms. According to the law, the Ballot Box Committee chairperson has to explain the procedure to the voters. Voter FREQUENCY PERCENTAGE Information YES 629 65.9 NO 216 22.6 Total 845 88.5 MISSING 110 11.5 Total 955 100.0