Bosnia election: New technology might have stopped votes being cast on behalf of dead voters, but the result remains unchanged

Bosnia and Herzegovina went to the polls on October 4 with new technology that was meant to end years of vote-rigging. Chief among the abuses was the casting of ballots in the name of deceased voters who had lingered for years on outdated voter rolls. At just over 40%, turnout was the lowest since the Bosnian War ended in 1995. That is partly because the old tricks no longer worked. In earlier elections, allegations kept surfacing that votes were being cast in the name of people who had died or long since moved abroad. Others said voters cast their ballot multiple times or that blank ballots were added after polls closed to make the turnout look higher.