Sputnik- Iran would not be able to fully implement the electronic voting plan for the May presidential election, local media reported.


MOSCOW (Sputnik)�� Iran would not be able to�fully implement the electronic voting plan for�the May presidential election due to�lack of�time, local media reported Friday citing the Iranian Guardian Council spokesman.


Abbasali Kadkhodaei told the Tasnim News Agency that the use of�electronic voting machine requires special security arrangements but�the time left until�the election was too short to�introduce it at�all polling stations.

The presidential election in�Iran, which will coincide with�the parliament�s mid-term election and the municipal election, is scheduled for�May 19.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is expected to�seek reelection for�his second term.
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