DnV: 9% of locations open late because of lack of commissioners

Democracy in Action is monitoring the prosperity of the election process with 500 statistical observers, who are present at 500 polling locations, defined on the basis of random representative samples.

Ismet Kryeziu from the DNV said that observers of this coalition throughout the day will report on the prosperity of the election process, beginning with the opening of the polling process, and until the outcome of the voting process of political subjects. Votering rights within Kosovo have 1,970,944 voters, of whom 125,852 are voters who will vote for the first time. After the voting process that took place yesterday in Kosovo's 19 diplomatic missions, where voters living abroad had the first opportunity to vote physically for the first time on diplomatic missions, DneV believes that a similar democratic atmosphere will be forwarded to the elections currently held in Kosovo.

The opening of the deployments, in the entire territory of the Republic of Kosovo, total 2,589 seats. According to ground data, only 9% of the locations have since been opened. It has been reported that because of delays in opening the deployments in time has been the lack of commissioners and that of 6% of the deployments. The deployment of the deployments has become a set rule by the CEC”, he said. Kryeziu said no case was reported when the voting booths were not placed in polling corners, which could violate the secret of the vote.

He also stressed that it was not reported on cases of setting up cameras in a way that could violate the secret of the vote.” The environment and security around the polling Centres, even though electoral regulations prohibit the deployment of postaries and other propaganda materials of political subjects within the 100m perimeter of the polling Centre, our observers have reported the presence of these materials at 3% of the polling centres. Police are taking care of the security of the voting process, confirming legal definitions. No cases have been reported missing police forces. The right to participate in elections as universal right should be guaranteed to all citizens indiscriminately. Those with limited abilities should have equal opportunities to participate in public and political life, with that being done in voting.