Malawi Electoral Commission

Malawi's electoral authorities said Sunday they will re-open ballot boxes after finding evidence of irregularities, as the country was thrown into a constitutional crisis over the disputed poll.

Malawi election officials have had to resort to fax and email to tally votes from this week's election after the electronic system broke down, delaying the release of any results, the chief elections officer said on Thursday.

Voting in Malawi spilled into a second day on Wednesday after riots sparked by the late opening of polls marred an election seen as a test of President Joyce Banda's scandal-tainted rule.

Malawi's electoral authorities said Sunday they will re-open ballot boxes after finding evidence of irregularities, as the country was thrown into a constitutional crisis over the disputed poll.

Malawi election officials have had to resort to fax and email to tally votes from this week's election after the electronic system broke down, delaying the release of any results, the chief elections officer said on Thursday.

Voting in Malawi spilled into a second day on Wednesday after riots sparked by the late opening of polls marred an election seen as a test of President Joyce Banda's scandal-tainted rule.