Austria Investigating Into Alleged Presidential Election Postal Vote Fraud

Euronews: Austria launches probe into alleged postal vote irregularities

Five voting districts are being investigated in Austria over postal vote irregularities in the close-run presidential election, the interior minister has announced.

Allegations of fraud arose from the far-right Freedom party (FPÖ) of defeated candidate Norbert Hofer, after the Green candidate Alexander Van der Bellen just scrapped ahead with 31,000 votes when the postal ballot was counted.

The Villach branch of FPÖ lodged a complaint with the country’s corruption prosecutor over the Carinthia council counting votes on Sunday and not Monday like in the rest of the country.

Speaking on Austrian TV, Freedom Party leader Heinz Christan Strache said, “The democratic result has to be respected. There are many hints from the people, these will be checked by lawyers, and independent people and we have to evaluate that.”

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Update: Austria Launches Probe Into Alleged Presidential Election Postal Vote Fraud (Zero Hedge).

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WNU Editor: This is raising a few eyebrows.