North elections: Why did CEC members ask for more information from the police?

Today at 11:00 p.m. it was meant to start the CEC meeting, but spokesman Valmir Elezi at a news conference has indicated that the meeting was postponed for tomorrow. He said the postponement has been made since CEC members “considered” that more information was needed on points that were on the agenda.

The “as it was being discussed at the Council for Election Operations, where many of the issues expected to appear today on the agenda, the CEC members considered more information on the agenda points that have been scheduled for today's CEC meeting.

The first meeting to take place today at 11: 00 p.m., was postponed for tomorrow, Wednesday, and we will announce to you at the exact hour during tomorrow's”, he said.

More information, CEC members have sought to assess the security of polling stations. So he said about Express, CEC member Arian Elshani.

“We have considered that more information is needed regarding the security assessment of polling stations, given that we are obliged to open polling stations as close as possible to citizens' settlements”, he said.

Elshani said they have not received recommendation from competent bodies for polling stations to open in the courtyards of police stations.

He said they have sent the polling stations list to the Kosovo Police and received answers but have requested additional information.

We have not received such recommendation from competent bodies. We are willing to consider alternatives if the safety organs value it properly. We have already sent the list of polling stations and are awaiting assessment and recommendations. We have received an answer, but we've requested additional information on polling stations where the usual elections were held”, Elshani said.

We remember that on April 23rd the extraordinary elections for mayors of northern Mitrovica, Zvecan, Zubin Potok and Leposaviqi will be held and early elections for municipal assemblies in Leposavic and Zvecan.

CEC Certificates Final voter List for North Elections

At the April 6th meeting, the CEC has certified the final voter list for the extraordinary election for chairmanship in four municipalities: Northern Mitrovica, Leposaviq, Zvecan and Zubin Potok, as well as the two municipal assemblies: Zvecan and Leposaviq, which will be held on April 23rd.

This list contains 45,095 voter names, or 1,345 more voters, compared to the 2021 local elections.