The Rased coalition for the 2022 Municipal Elections announced today, Tuesday, that 223 instances of election violations have been recorded as of 3PM Amman time. These violations ranged in severity from superficial to medium to serious.

The coalition clarified that “cases of violence in Mafraq, Fuheis, and Jerash have been recorded” along with “compromising ballot secrecy and public voting in a number of election centers.”

Rased pointed to “14% of the previous cases are photographing ballots to certify that they were for certain candidates and occurred mostly in Jerash and Ma’an.”

It stated 65 cases total were recorded in Jerash and 30 in Ma’an.

Lastly, Rased noted that vote buying was observed in Amman.