CEC: November 29th elections are organised under specific circumstances

Central Election Commission Information Officer Valmir Elezi, in an interview for Online Economy, has said the CEC is facing a pandemic situation for the first time.

However, according to him, this does not prevent the election process, only it should be acted on the guidelines and recommendations of relevant institutions.

Of course, these are choices under more specific circumstances, because we are in pandemic time, which means that the CEC, is facing such a situation for the first time, as well as other institutions around the world that deal with election organisation”.

“Just as the decree of the president of the Republic is binding on us to organise elections in co-ordination and co-ordination with relevant institutions in accordance with the central election commission will communicate with these institutions to take counsel and instruction, but also recommendations on how to act as an institution to organise the electoral process, even in terms of these” issues.

According to him, the CEC has decided to certified a new voter list that will include all citizens who turn 18 years.

“The CEC has decided to certified a new voter's list of elections for the mayor of the Podujevo municipality because we already have a new date for holding these elections. So this voter list will include all citizens who rightly turn 18 even on election day, in this case November 29,”.

The “So it will not be the voter list certified for the 15 March elections, but we will have a new voter list where all citizens who earn this right fill 18 years. Of course, the CEC will certified the final list of these elections a few days before holding them”.

On the other hand, he also indicated about the period of application for voter registration abroad that begins on October 30th and ends on November 7th.

“Since the CEC will certified a new voter list, because the election date has changed and there are certainly citizens who have reached or reach 18 years even on November 29th, even the voting process abroad will be held from the start for the Podujevo municipality. The application period for voter registration abroad begins on October 30th and ends on November 7th”.

Even voters who were registered earlier and who sent the package with a ballot through mail should register and send back the ballot package. This period from October 30th to November 7th is also the period for voter registration abroad for the northern Mitrovica municipality of”.