Voters in the Vitebsk region will be able to vote at 911 polling stations

October 18, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA /. Voters in the Vitebsk region will be able to vote at 911 polling stations for the election of the President of the Republic of Belarus, the deputy head of the organizational and personnel work department of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, Leonid Dorofeyenko, told a BELTA correspondent. Two polling stations will operate in military units, and 50 polling stations will operate in sanatoriums, hospitals, rest homes, and health resorts. Compared to the elections of the 26th convocation of local councils, which took place in the spring, the number of polling stations has decreased by 12. The average number of voters per polling station will be known after their lists are compiled. In the last elections of local councils, 892,345 residents of the region had the right to vote. As reported by the organizational and personnel work department, 28 territorial commissions for the election of the President are operating in the region, including one regional commission, 21 district commissions, 3 city commissions operating in cities of regional subordination, and three district commissions in Vitebsk. A total of 364 people work in their composition. More than half of them represent public associations and political parties, 27.7% were nominated by citizens through signature collection, and 19.8% by labor collectives. The commissions include members of the Belarusian Left Party "A Just World", the Communist Party of Belarus, the Liberal Democratic Party, the United Civil Party, and the Republican Party of Labor and Justice. More than 60% of the commission members are women, and young people under 30 account for 9.1%. Until October 31 inclusive, political parties, public associations, labor collectives, and citizens can nominate candidates for inclusion in the composition of 911 precinct commissions. The formation of commissions will last until November 3. -0-