19 August 2016
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 […]
26 July 2016
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 […]
26 July 2016
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 […]
24 July 2016
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 […]
23 July 2016
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 […]
20 July 2016
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 […]
19 June 2016
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. […]
12 June 2016
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 […]
11 May 2016
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 […]
28 April 2016
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 […]
27 April 2016
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, […]
26 April 2016
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 […]
20 April 2016
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 […]
9 April 2016
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 […]
8 April 2016
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. […]
7 April 2016
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 […]
7 April 2016
The timing of elections cannot be considered separately from the democratic quality of the electoral process, said MEP Richard Howitt for “Meta” today. MEP Richard Howitt, was one of the intermediaries in the Przino Agreement. Mr Howitt’s statement comes after the dissolution of Parliament, and the opposition’s decision not to participate in elections, after stated that they […]
27 March 2016
The State Election Commission at its next session will discuss the possibility of publishing all inconsistent entries on the official website of the SEC, to make the process more transparent. The SEC also said there were intensive preparations for the commencement of field checks on disputed voters from the Voters’ List. “We have finished printing all necessary […]
26 March 2016
The State Election Commission today postponed the start of the field checks on the voter lists, because the they had not completely finished procedures. So far no-one has revealed how long it will be postponed for or when it will start. The SEC announced that on April the 3rd, they would begin to conduct their […]
26 March 2016
State Election Commission from today until April 3 will conduct field checks of 89,383 voters from the electoral roll, which have proven disputable in cross-checks. As announced by the SEC, together with the investigators the information campaign “Open Doors” will begin. The SEC said that deleting data will be carried out on three grounds, at […]
