All 911 polling stations in the Vitebsk region have opened their doors to voters

December 19, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA /. All 911 polling stations for the Presidential elections of the Republic of Belarus have opened their doors to voters, Chairman of the Vitebsk Regional Election Commission for the Presidential Elections Vyacheslav Kryukovsky told a BELTA correspondent. 2 polling stations have been set up in military units, and 51 polling stations are located in sanatoriums, hospitals, rest homes, and health resorts. 11,458 people are working in the commissions. More than 40% of them are representatives of public associations and parties, over a third were nominated by citizens through applications, and the rest were delegated by work collectives. State employees make up only 3.7% of the members of the polling station commissions. 4,153 ballot boxes have been installed at the polling stations, including ballot boxes for early voting and portable ballot boxes for home voting. Along with traditional opaque ballot boxes, transparent ballot boxes have been installed – there are 82 of them in the region. More than 4.4 thousand local observers, and more than 40 short-term observers from the CIS and OSCE will monitor the election process in the region. Amateur creative groups will create a festive atmosphere at the polling stations: their concert programs are scheduled for the entire election day. At most polling stations located in schools, exhibitions of children's creative works have been organized. There are 28 territorial commissions for the Presidential elections of the Republic of Belarus operating in the region, including 1 regional commission, 21 district commissions, 3 city commissions operating in cities of regional subordination, and 3 district commissions in Vitebsk. There are 364 people working in the commissions. More than half of them represent public associations and political parties, 27.7% were nominated by citizens through signature collection, and 19.8% by work 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 make up 9.1%. -0-