CEC reasons for larger number on voting list than residents in Kosovo

The Central Election Commission has clarified why the number of voters and residents is roughly the same.

The spokesman for this institution, Valmir Elezi, has shown where the distinction between voting lists and population registration is made. According to him, voters living abroad are also included on the voter list, but are not included in Kosovo's population census.

“on the voter list other than voters living in Kosovo include voters living abroad, while only residents living within the country are included in the census and rating, residents”, Elesi has said.

This clarification of the CEC comes after Kosovo Statistics Agency chief chief Isa Krasniqi's statement, who has expressed surprise that on the CEC voter list, the number of eligible residents is greater than the number of people in Kosovo.

Krasniqi in an interview for Kosova Prees, says that according to the assessment of the population of 2018, Kosovo has a population of 1 million and 795 thousand people, and if the contingent of potential voters, which is roughly 1 million and 800 thousand voters, it turns out there are more voters than the resident population in the Republic of Kosovo.

Although it has targeted the number of diaspora, according to him, there is a greater number of voter lists compared to the residential population in the Republic of Kosovo by 31 December 2018.