Alleged Voter Fraud: Embassy in The Hague Used Passport Data

A whistleblower identifying himself as Peter, a Cameroonian living in Germany, provided documentation appearing to show that the Embassy of Cameroon in The Hague generated a list of supposed voters based on details collected from passport and consular registration forms.

“They published names of people on the electoral list who never registered with Elecam,” Peter told Cameroon Concord. “My name appears on the list, yet I live in Germany and have never registered to vote in the Netherlands.”

The documents — written in German and French — contain full personal data of hundreds of individuals: registration numbers, birthplaces, professions, and family names, all labeled under “Wahllokal: Ambacam La Haye” (Polling station: Cameroon Embassy, The Hague).

According to preliminary checks, the alleged fake list includes Cameroonians who only applied for passports or ID renewals, raising serious privacy and legal concerns.

Data Misuse and Electoral Manipulation

Multiple entries on the leaked pages show patterns consistent with CPDM-aligned mobilization. Insiders claim the data was shared with ruling party coordinators abroad to simulate voter participation and justify inflated numbers from diaspora polls.

If verified, the move would constitute a breach of electoral law and data protection, amounting to both identity misuse and falsification of the electoral roll.

Legal experts contacted by Cameroon Concord in Brussels described the act as “an organized form of digital vote laundering.”

Government Silence and Mounting Suspicion

So far, neither Elecam nor the Ministry of External Relations has issued a public statement. Efforts to contact the Cameroon Embassy in The Hague went unanswered.

Diaspora activists are demanding an investigation, with some accusing the embassy of “turning passport offices into polling centers for the regime.”

“It’s not just about votes — it’s about ownership of identity,” said a Cameroonian rights advocate in Rotterdam. “When the state uses your data to fake consent, it erases your citizenship twice — once politically and once personally.”

Broader Pattern Across Europe

This is not the first such report. Similar claims have emerged in France, Belgium, and Germany, where embassies allegedly control voter registration behind closed doors, often excluding opposition representatives.

The pattern reinforces concerns that diaspora votes are being manipulated to maintain the appearance of legitimacy abroad, while real oversight remains impossible.

Cameroon Concord continues to review the documents and will update once the embassy or Elecam provides official clarification.

For now, the evidence paints a disturbing picture: the machinery of state reaching beyond borders — turning identity into an electoral weapon.