Some electoral materials from Nkhatabay district to National Tally Centre indeed had no seals

True

Elections 2025

Some electoral materials from Nkhatabay district to National Tally Centre indeed had no seals

FACT-CHECKED by iVerify

September 19, 2025

An analysis of the live coverage of proceedings at the National Tally Centre shows that the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) officials and party monitors spent a long time arguing about the lack of seals on some of the Election Management Devices and how to handle the situation.

Claim

Party monitors were surprised that some electoral materials, including machines, used during voting, arrived unsealed

Rating Justification

iVerify Malawi verified the content and determined that it is true that some electoral materials from Nkhatabay district had no seals. To arrive at this verdict, iVerify Malawi analysed the video of what was happening at the National Tally Centre in Lilongwe on Thursday, September 18, 2025. iVerify Malawi also interviewed some people who were at the National Tally Centre at the time of the incident.

Evidence and References

Malawi Electoral Commission Live Coverage of the proceedings at the National Tally Centre, including the incident on the unsealed electoral materials https://www.facebook.com/share/v/17KPouhtZw/

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