About 70% of the members of precinct election commissions in the Vitebsk region are women

August 9, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA /. About 70% of the precinct election commissions formed in the Vitebsk region for the upcoming elections are women. This was reported to a BELTA correspondent by Leonid Dorofeyenko, Deputy Head of the Organizational and Personnel Management Department of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee. A total of 10,840 people have been included in the precinct election commissions. A significant portion of the members of the precinct commissions are representatives of public associations, including parties, and citizens by submitting applications - 4,382 and 4,207, respectively. Representatives of work collectives will make up, on average, one-fifth of the commission members - they account for 2,251 positions. Among the members of the precinct election commissions, 113 were nominated by parties. Approximately 13% of those included in the commissions are under 30 years of age. Organizational meetings of the precinct election commissions, in accordance with the legislation, will be held within a three-day period, and within a week the composition of the commissions will be published in the media, Leonid Dorofeyenko added. In the Vitebsk region, 898 polling stations will operate in the upcoming elections, including 48 in hospitals and inpatient medical and preventive institutions, and two in military units. Currently, the process of nominating candidates for deputies of the House of Representatives is ongoing in the region, which will end on August 13 inclusive. Candidates for deputies must submit the necessary documents to the district commissions for registration as candidates for deputies by August 13 inclusive. The main voting day for the parliamentary elections in Belarus is September 23.