"Serious irregularities" occurred at 21 out of 109 DR Congo polling stations visited by the Carter Center, which observed the December 20 election. Carter Center mission head Catherine Samba-Panza, the former interim President of the Central African Republic, says: "The voting process was assessed negatively in 21 polling stations, with serious irregularities observed in several of them." The ballot had proceeded "relatively well" in the other 88, she adds. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES