Kosovo's CEC seeks borrowing 50 cameras from Albania's CEC

CEC spokesman Valmir Elez has told Kosovo they have received positive answers and the co-operation agreement between these two institutions is expected to be signed in Tirana soon.

The recording cameras are scheduled to be used only at the Counting and Results Centre, so not at polling stations on election day.

The “Starting with the good co-operation of our two institutions that have between them, Kosovo's CEC has demanded from Albania's CEC the borrowing of 50 recording cameras that were used on the day of parliamentary elections on 25 April. The purpose of this loan is to use it at the Counting and Results Centre where the collection of all electoral material after election day takes place, as well as is the place where the compile of final results is made”, Elesi said.

According to the CEC, using these cameras would help them increase the integrity of the electoral process, as some important processes develop in this centre after election day, such as counting conditional votes and voting by mail, and becoming the eventual recount of any polling.

The use of these recording cameras would help the CEC increase the integrity of the election process, especially during the counting process and the eventual recounting of any polling and results in the process of local elections. At this centre as known after election day, all electoral material from all over the Republic of Kosovo is collected, and of course there is the number of conditional votes and vote by mail, as well as the eventual recount of any” polling, Elesi said.

The local elections in Kosovo will be held on 17 October and the mayors of 38 Kosovo municipalities and members of 38 Communist countries are expected to be elected.