2 hours agoPZAP orders recounting of several deployments in three municipalities and those on bail
Periskopi(8 months ago)
(8 months ago)Recounting in several polling and counting on bail for the October 12th local elections began Tuesday at the Counting and Results Centre, after counting votes by mail from outside Kosovo ended, the Central Election Commission (KQZ) announced. Counting of ballots from outside Kosovo ended at midnight Monday, according to [...]
Counting ballots from voting outside Kosovo ended Monday about midnight, according to the CEC.
Over 44,000 voters had the right to vote by mail from abroad and had one month to do so, from September 17th to October 11th.
Meanwhile, the recount has started in three municipalities following the Electoral Panel's order for Ances and Parastase.
The recount will be at two locations in South Mitrovica, in which there were no winners in the first round, as Democratic Party of Kosovo candidate Arian Tahiri -- and Vetevendosje Movement candidate Faton Peci -- held a close head-to-head race and will face the runoff on November 9th.
Last week, authorities reportedly had started collecting data concerning allegations of possible misuse of votes in the South Mitrovica municipality.
For this municipality there were major differences among the initial polls, published immediately after the election closure, and the preliminary result published by the Central Election Commission, writes eo, follows. Periscope.
In Kamenica, there will be recounting at a polling site that is not expected to impact the outcome, as LV candidate Kadri Rahimaj won the race from the first round with over 51 per cent of the votes won.
The recount will also take place at a polling site in Podujevo, where a LV candidate from the first round, speeded up Bulqi, likewise won the race.
The CEC said in the announcement that on Tuesday the number of votes will also begin from the provisional voting process and votes of persons with special needs.
conditional voting has taken place at 54 special seats in 38 municipalities, while voting out of place through mobile teams during election day, she said.
According to CEC data, there are 2,119 vouched envelopes, while 3,467 people were registered as eligible voters.
Local elections in Kosovo were held on 12 October, but in most municipalities there will be a second round on 9 November, as they failed to elect their mayors in the first round.
On election day, 39.58 percent of the over two million citizens voted eligible in the country.
According to the CEC, in 21 municipalities the mayor has been elected in the first round, while in 17 other municipalities, including Pristina, the second round will be held.
Earlier practices have shown that victory in the first round does not guarantee final victory even in the second round in cases of runoff.
Of the Serb majority municipalities, only in Klokot will there be second run, while in the other nine, the Serbian List -- the largest party of Kosovo Serbs, which has Belgrade's support.
