8 minutes agoRecent details by the CEC: 70% of the diaspora ballot package verified by post office vote
Periskopi(a year ago)
(a year ago)About 70% of the alleged ballot packages that the exiles sent to post boxes the CEC had opened to 22 different states, including the postal box in Kosovo, have been assessed and verified so far by the Central Election Commission. CEC spokesman Valmir Elezi has told the newspaper Express that [...]
About 70% of the alleged ballot packages that the exiles sent to post boxes the CEC had opened to 22 different states, including the postal box in Kosovo, have been assessed and verified so far by the Central Election Commission.
CEC spokesman Valmir Elezi has reported to the newspaper Express that according to data from about 70 thousand packages sent from exile only to the post office vote, until February 20th this institution has estimated 48,018, until another 20,938 remain.
“From February 9th, when the assessment or verification of ballot ballots from outside Kosovo began and until February 20th, the process has been submitted to 48,018 packages, of which 45,004 have already been approved. The reason why these shipments were rejected is that they were sent by persons who were canceled during the census outside Kosovo; they lack registration policy; they have been sent more than once; they have sent more than a ballot; etc.”, Elesi said.
Furthermore, Elez has explained that “according to procedures, ballot packages are subject to the evaluation process, which included verification of whether they belong to registered voters and if other procedures were followed prior to”.
From voting outside Kosovo, these will not be the only votes to be counted and included in the final results. Part of these results will also take place from voting to diplomatic representation. According to CEC preliminary data, out of 20 thousand and 324 voters who were registered in advance to vote in these representatives, 75.54% or 15,352 voters have voted in this election process.
During the census period, out of 104,924 citizens registered for voting outside Kosovo, the majority, 84,600, were registered to vote through mail and only 20,324 were registered for physical voting in diplomatic representations.
Also, the CEC has not yet counted votes from voting in conditional polling (56), the votes of persons with special needs.
Based on CEC data, the number of ballot envelopes from conditional polling is 12,801, which will also be subject to verification, which includes comparing to the list of voters signed at regular locations. Meanwhile, the number of votes for persons with special needs is 2,597 votes.
