The unified voting day is taking place in Belarus
Today, Belarus is holding a unified voting day.
Belarusians are electing deputies of the eighth convocation of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly and deputies of the twenty-ninth convocation of local councils. Candidate registration for deputies concluded on January 30. The campaign period ran from January 31 to February 24. Today, on the main election day, campaigning is prohibited by law.
Early voting took place from February 20 to 24. Voters demonstrated a sufficiently high turnout. 41.71% of citizens included in the voting lists voted early in the deputy elections.
CEC: 41.71% of voters participated in early voting for deputy elections over five days
Today, polling stations will open at 8:00 AM and will operate until 8:00 PM. At the polling stations, ballots are issued to voters upon presentation of a passport, identification card, biometric passport, military ID (for conscripts), or official ID of a state body (organization) employee, or driver's license. It is also possible to vote by presenting a pension certificate, disability certificate (if it has a photo), or a student/pupil ID. If a voter makes a mistake or spoils a ballot while filling it out, they can contact the members of the precinct election commission and receive a new ballot for voting. However, this right can only be exercised once.
Belarusians are electing deputies of the eighth convocation of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly and deputies of the twenty-ninth convocation of local councils. Candidate registration for deputies concluded on January 30. The campaign period ran from January 31 to February 24. Today, on the main election day, campaigning is prohibited by law.
Early voting took place from February 20 to 24. Voters demonstrated a sufficiently high turnout. 41.71% of citizens included in the voting lists voted early in the deputy elections.CEC: 41.71% of voters participated in early voting for deputy elections over five days
Today, polling stations will open at 8:00 AM and will operate until 8:00 PM. At the polling stations, ballots are issued to voters upon presentation of a passport, identification card, biometric passport, military ID (for conscripts), or official ID of a state body (organization) employee, or driver's license. It is also possible to vote by presenting a pension certificate, disability certificate (if it has a photo), or a student/pupil ID. If a voter makes a mistake or spoils a ballot while filling it out, they can contact the members of the precinct election commission and receive a new ballot for voting. However, this right can only be exercised once.
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Taking photos and videos of a filled-in ballot is prohibited.5411 polling stations have been established in Belarus. A polling station search service has been launched on the main page of the official website of the Central Election Commission of Belarus, and the addresses and phone numbers of all territorial, district, and precinct election commissions are posted in the section dedicated to the current election campaign.
According to the CEC, 45,505 national observers are monitoring the election campaign. In addition, the Central Commission has accredited 294 international observers. Observer missions from the CIS, SCO, representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of the CSTO, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union of Belarus and Russia, heads and representatives of electoral bodies of foreign states, as well as experts are participating in the observation of the elections of deputies on the unified voting day.з European and other countries, including Italy, Germany, Lithuania, Poland, France, Sweden, Switzerland, Serbia, Bulgaria.
During the preparation of the election campaign, security issues were taken into account, training sessions were held for members of the election commissions, and close interaction was established between all structures involved in conducting the elections.
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