once, pirate polling stations were set up, underage youths were permitted
to vote, ballot papers did not arrive in time, partisan officials stuffed bal-
lot boxes with returns supporting their party, boxes were tampered with
after leaving the polling stations, and counting procedures were cor-
rupt. 64
On May 6, when the IEC eventually announced the results, the National
party and the Democratic party denounced them, and the European
Union's observer mission declared that the election "fell short of what
South Africans as well as foreigners expected." However, the IEC, the
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