CEC: Next week the count of diaspora and conditional votes begins

Another counting process will begin during the coming week, but now at the Counting and Results Centre. It's about counting votes on bail those coming from abroad. CEC spokesman Valmir Elezi has said that following the completion of all procedures, which are the scan of [the...] voter list.
CEC spokesman Valmir Elezi has said that after the completion of all procedures, which are scanning the voter list signed at regular polling locations aimed at comparing voters from conditional polling, the assessment of ballots from voting outside Kosovo, The CEC will begin counting on bail votes, votes of persons with special needs and votes from votes outside Kosovo.
He announced that the number of ballot envelopes from the bail polling is 12 thousand and 801, which will also be subject to verification. Meanwhile, the number of votes of persons with special needs is 2 thousand and 597 votes.
Asked about the other procedures, after completing the count at 38 Community Counting Centre, he showed, election polling materials, including the voter list in which the voters who have voted are signed, are sent to the Counting and Results Centre.
One of the jobs done at this centre is also scanning the voter list signed at 2 thousand and 533 regular locations on Election Day. Scanning the voter's list of regular deployments is necessary before we start counting votes from conditional polling, because it helps us to make sure that no one has voted twice, at regular deployment and at a conditional location. Once these processes are carried out, the number of votes on bail could begin, the votes of persons with special needs and votes from votes outside Kosovo”, he clarified.
On the other hand, Elez has indicated which activities are currently being held by the CEC.
“currently, the CEC is making the assessment of packages with ballots from voting outside Kosovo, respectively, from voting via mail. From February 9th, when the assessment or verification of ballot ballots from outside Kosovo began and until February 20th, 48,018 packages were submitted to this process, out of which 45,004 were approved, meanwhile, were refused 3.014. The reason why these shipments were rejected is that they were sent out by persons who were cancelled during the voter registration outside Kosovo, lacking registration policy, sent more than once, submitted more than a ballot, etc.”, followed by Elesi for RTKlive.
He indicated that the evaluation process would be subjected to another 20,000 and 938 packages of ballot papers.
“According to procedures, ballot packages are subject to the evaluation process, which included verification whether they belong to registered voters and if other previous procedures are followed. In general, during the census period, out of 104,924 registered citizens outside Kosovo -- 84,600 -- were registered to vote via mail and another 20,324 were registered for physical voting in diplomatic representations. Out of 20,324 diplomatic representative, 15,352 voters have voted, already in the vote via mail. The CEC has received about 69,000 packets of paper”.












