Tag: electoral roll

Today in Macedonia early parliamentary elections are being held, where 1,784,416 citizens have the right to vote and are registered voters. Elections will be conducted at 3,480 polling stations in six constituencies. The total number of voters in the constituencies are as follows: - Constituency 1: 295,948 - Constituency 2: 306,471 - Constituency 3: 280,727 - Constituency 4: 282,537 - Constituency 5: 290,433 - Constituency 6: 307,817 Polling...

Today, NGO "Civil" submitted a list of 104 individuals to the SEC, who were deleted from the Electoral Roll and sent a request so the SEC can rectify these people’s right to vote. The organization went on to say that the so-called phantom voters had not been completely deleted from the voters’ list, but they had just migrated from...

"I think  good measures have been taken to ensure that the electoral roll is credible. The voters’ list should always reflect the current situation, and not the situation from five or 10 years ago, but the times people really live in. In many countries this is done automatically", said the Head of the OSCE Mission in Skopje, Nina Suomalainen, in an...

The State Election Commission (SEC) will put the electoral roll for public inspection 15 days after the announcement of the early parliamentary elections, said the State Election Commission for sdk.mk. That way, the SEC says, as well as all other citizens with the right to vote, the unregistered voters among the 30,580 remaining disputed voters, will be able to apply...

Today is the deadline for disputed voters to register for the electoral roll and it will be reviewed at a public session on Tuesday, the SEC told "Meta". The Commission added that there will not be an extension of the deadline for inspection and registration for the electoral roll, except if Parliament approves amendments to the Electoral Code. “We have...

The State Election Commission has published the list of names of the 30.502 disputable voters on their official website. These voters will have 25 days to report to the SEC for registration or risk their names being deleted from the Electoral Roll. Apart from the official website for the SEC, the list has also been published in the regional offices...

The State Election Committee will tomorrow publish on their official website, the names of the 39.502 disputable voters, they will have a deadline of 25 days to get back on the electoral roll, decided the Commission at today’s session. Registering for the electoral roll will be carried out in person, where the ‘disputable voter’ will have to produce a valid...

The website of the State Election Commission (SEC) by Tuesday, will be published the names of the 39,502 questionable voters on the electoral roll. During the last field check, they were either not found at home or there were no records found in the institutions. The SEC will prepare guidelines and an application form, and publish an open call on...

Last night, MPs voted, and the results were; with 92 votes "for", three "against" and one "abstention", with a fast track procedure, they voted for the amendments to the Electoral Code, which was submitted by MPs Ilija Dimovski from the VMRO-DPMNE party, Goran Sugareski of the SDSM, Artan Grubi from the DUI, and Imer Aliu from the DPA. The amendment...

A new transitional government is to be formed one hundred days before the election. New amendments to the Law on Internal Affairs will be suspended, a meeting of political leaders will be organized by the end of August, while the Electoral Roll has to be fully cleansed as well as reforms to the media must be complete. This is...

The VMRO-DPMNE has called on the SEC to complete an additional action to clean up the electoral roll to assure the SDSM that the list has been cleaned. "The VMRO-DPMNE accepts any proposals or methodology that are put forward by any members from the SDSM in the SEC. We know that the electoral roll is clean. The SDSM knows it, but...

The Coalition for Change and Justice believes that the negotiation process must also include other relevant political parties, civil society’s and the media, so that the talks will be transparent and in front of cameras. "We propose the formation of a reformed (expert) government, who will have the responsibility to implement radical reforms and create equal conditions for political competition...

The State Election Commission (SEC) yesterday unanimously have acknowledged a report on the data from the register of citizens (persons with a Macedonian passport) from the Ministry of Interior (MOI), which says Macedonia has 1,958,844 adults and 505,422 young citizens, in total, 2,464,266 nationals. Otherwise, if today until midnight, which is the last date to submit lists of candidates for...

According to the civil association "Most", they have concluded that due to numerous inconsistencies and violations, which are being ignored by the SEC, the government and other institutions have failed to provide conditions for fair and credible elections which are scheduled for June the 5th. Darko Aleksov, President of "Most", said that the field checks conducted on the voters’ list...

The State Election Commission (SEC) yesterday accepted the conclusions of a report on data bases that have undergone extensive checks and cross-checking, as well as administrative and field checks, after a vote that resulted with 6 votes 'for' and just a single vote 'against'. Two SDSM members of the SEC failed to attend yesterdays meeting, the single vote 'against' came...

The State Election Commission (SEC) is not expecting a large number of citizens to report any changes to the voters’ list. They said from experience from the last election year, that number is small and it is not likely to change radically in the voters’ list. However, whether or not they will publish the number of people who applied...

The SEC will need seven and a half million euros (456.664 million denars) budget to implement electoral activities. This was voted last night by the members of the Commission, which adopted the financial plan for the allocation of funds for early parliamentary elections. Most of the funding, or 40 million denars, will be used for printing papers, forms, records and...

The SDSM and its coalition partners will sign a platform for a democratic Macedonia. The parties say, that by the signing of this ‘platform’, coalition partners are undertaking joint action and uncompromising action to defend the legal and constitutional functioning of the state. The signing of the platform comes after yesterday's meeting of the leaders of the parties opposition coalition,...

Macedonian political leaders have a responsibility to their citizens to return the country to Euro-Atlantic path through the implementation of political agreements and priority reforms, said US Ambassador Jess Baily and EU Ambassador Aivo Orav. “The EU and U.S. have supported all parties and stakeholders in their work to create the conditions for credible elections. This includes cleaning the voters'...

The State Election Commission (SEC) today at 11:00 am will hold a regular meeting for the purging of the voters’ list. "Meta" was informed that the members of the SEC, are continuing work as usual, and are examining disputed voters found on the list. Last night the SDSM leader Zoran Zaev announced that today he will meet with SEC members...