Malawi Starts Counting Votes in Rerun of Presidential Election

Malawi Starts Counting Votes in Rerun of Presidential Election
A soldier votes at a polling booth during the presidential elections at the Malembo polling station in Lilongwe on June 23, 2020. Amos Gumulira/AFP via Getty Images
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BLANTYRE, Malawi—Polls closed across Malawi on June 23 after millions voted for the country’s president in a rerun of the 2019 election that was nullified by the courts because of vote tampering.

Counting of ballots has begun at the 5,000 polling stations and the results will be announced from the National Tally Center in Blantyre. The Malawi Election Commission has eight days to announce the official results.