Abu Mazen’s Fatah goons forced last-minute changes in Palestinian election procedures: 46 Palestinian Election Officials Resign. (Hat tip: SoCalJustice.)

RAMALLAH, West Bank - Forty-six members of the Palestinian election commission, including top managers, resigned Saturday, saying they were pressured by Mahmoud Abbas’ campaign and intelligence officials to abruptly change voting procedures during the Jan. 9 presidential poll.

Two senior members of the commission, Ammar Dwaik and Baha al-Bakri, resigned early Saturday, and officials later announced the resignations of 44 more members.

The resignations raised questions about Sunday’s vote giving Abbas an overwhelming victory, though the officials who quit said the alleged irregularities did not fundamentally affect the final vote tally.

Will Jimmy Carter still insist it was a free, fair, and democratic election?