"Peru's electoral agency ONPE announced on Sunday night that it would extend voting for an extra day to allow tens of thousands of Peruvians in the country and abroad, who had been unable to vote, to cast their ballots."
"Authorities said that 52,000 people would be allowed to vote on Monday after 15 polling stations in southern Lima had cancelled voting due to technical issues."
"At a polling station in Lima's Miraflores district on Sunday, frustrated voters chanted: We want to vote! One of them, Rosa Maria Yaksetig, said that voting had not begun until about 11.30am, adding: The printers had run out of ink, and there was a fair amount of disorganisation, so people began to protest."
Peru's presidential election faced chaos with polling stations experiencing a lack of ballot papers and defective computers. The electoral agency ONPE extended voting for an extra day to accommodate 52,000 voters affected by cancellations. Technical problems arose amid accusations of fraud. Keiko Fujimori leads in exit polls but lacks the majority needed for an outright win. Voting is mandatory for citizens aged 18 to 70, with fines for noncompliance. Frustrated voters protested delays at polling stations, highlighting disorganization in the process.
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