The design of the ballots put illiterate voters at a disadvantage if they wish to vote for an independent
candidate,
The sign posts placed in the polling booths are not suitable for illiterate and blind voters,
Findings about Ballot Box Committees;
Disadvantaged voter groups are not represented when ballot box committee members are chosen.
With respect to the selection of the ballot box committee chairman, the criteria in Law No. 298 are not
objective.
The current political party observer system gives an advantage to large political parties.
There are voters who are chosen as a ballot box committee member or political party observer outside
their will.
In an effort to assist elderly, disabled and illiterate voters, ballot box committee chairmen and
members have entered the polling booths in violation of Law No. 298 on the Basic Provisions of
Elections and Voter Registries as well as the Circular of the SBE.