Ukraine's Mariupol Local Election Scrapped by Flawed Ballots

  • President orders investigation, says fraud was being prepared
  • Regional governor demands vote postponement until Nov. 15
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Local elections in Ukraine’s port city of Mariupol, a key location on the line separating Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian separatists, were abandoned on Sunday after a local commission rejected paper ballots as inaccurate.

Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko ordered an investigation into the snafu, and voters may get the chance to try again in November.