Almost 68% of members of precinct election commissions in the Vitebsk region are women

March 11, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA /. Precinct election commissions for the elections to local councils of deputies have been formed in the Vitebsk region, the deputy head of the organizational and personnel work department of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, Leonid Dorofeyenko, told a BELTA correspondent. The 923 commissions include 11,287 people. A significant part of them - more than 4.4 thousand - are representatives of public associations and political parties. Over 3.9 thousand members of precinct election commissions were nominated by citizens, the rest are representatives of work collectives. Among the members of precinct commissions, 7646 (67.7%) are women and 1430 (12%) are young people under 30 years of age. The nomination of candidates for deputies continues in the region and will run until March 15. The registration of candidates for deputies will take place from March 16 to March 25. In the Vitebsk region, there are 60 district commissions for the election of regional council deputies and 240 territorial commissions for the election of district, city, rural and town council deputies. The 26th convocation deputy corps will be formed with 3530 people, including 60 regional council deputies. -0-