MALE, Maldives – An election official says holding the Maldives' presidential revote on Saturday as scheduled is becoming "hopeless" because two candidates have not endorsed the register of voters as the Supreme Court mandated.
Elections Commissioner Fuwad Thowfeek told the Associated Press on Friday that two of the three candidates have not signed the list by the deadline set by the commission and now he is running out of time to dispatch ballot papers for voters overseas.
The Supreme Court annulled the results of a Sept. 7 presidential election and ordered a revote. It agreed with a losing candidate that the voters' register which was used had made-up names or listed dead people.
