Today, 7 February 2005, PCHR has published a report evaluating the polling and counting of votes in the Palestinian presidential election that was held on 9 January 2005. PCHR has sent a copy of the report to Dr. Hanna Nasser, President of the Central Election Commission (CEC). The report is the outcome of the campaign of monitoring over the polling and counting of votes led by PCHR in cooperation with 26 Palestinian civil society organizations, including Palestine Bar Association, ad-Dameer Association for Human Rights and Women's Affairs Center. In its report, PCHR has depended on information collated by around 300 local and international observers throughout the Gaza Strip. According to the conclusions of monitoring, which amounted to a comprehensive survey of all polling centers in all electoral constituencies in the Gaza Strip, the election took place peacefully, reflecting high-levels of organization, in spite of a number of violations, especially by supporters of a number of candidates and partisan entities. Nevertheless, a few hours before the official time of close of polls, 19:00, PCHR and its observers were surprised by two measures taken by the CEC, which were circulated to all electoral constituencies: new instructions to officials of polling centers to allow citizens not registered in the electoral register to vote, using only their identity cards; and a decision to extend the period of polling in all polling centers until 21:00. PCHR interpreted the measure relating to allowing people to vote with only their ID cards as illegal. The Centre submitted a petition to the Election Appeals Court requesting a judgment which would overturn the decision and all consequences of that decision. However, PCHR believes that these violations and the measures taken by the CEC did not damage or alter the substantial results of the election. At the end of the report, PCHR has concluded:
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