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...warnings about vote-tampering were not restricted to rumors and hearsay. These past days, both reformist candidates, Mehdi Karroubi and Mousavi, have held press conferences with often threatening tones to warn against vote interference from the ruling government of Ahmedinejad. "I am saying this seriously," announced Karroubi. "This time we are awake and we are aware...
...Mohtashamipour has also claimed that the government moved polling booths to schools and mosques with strong Basij bases and that entire ballot boxes could disappear or their votes be canceled. One text message circulating during the week instructed Mousavi supporters to vote in schools rather than mosques. The following day, another widely distributed message read, "The SMS you received about voting in schools was circulated by the opposing camp. They want to nullify ballot boxes based in schools, the majority of which will now carry Mousavi's name. Please send...
...Concerns have also been aired over rumors that thousands of army conscripts had been given leave until Saturday - the day after the elections. To go on leave, conscripts must leave their birth certificates with their army garrisons, which in turn can be misused by others for voting. At a street rally last week, where a group of Mousavi supporters facing a smaller group of Ahmadinejad supporters were chanting, "If there is no cheating, Mousavi will be first," an army conscript said confidentially, "We were told this morning by our commander that we should vote for the current head of government...
...Much more important than rigging are institutionalized drives to get out the vote," says Abtahi. "All that is needed for Ahmadinejad's government is to tell the millions of beneficiaries of the Relief Committee as well as those who are now receiving higher pensions and salaries to vote for him," the former Vice President observs, adding, "And that is legal...
...Read "As Iran Goes to Polls, Opposition Warns Of Vote-Rigging...