RIK Rejects Voter Objections From Sid and Geneva
The Republic Electoral Commission rejected objections from Radovan Probojcic and Dusko and Novak Dramicanin as filed by an unauthorized person, then named boards for voters abroad and in prisons.
At its 58th session, held on the evening of October 14, the Republic Electoral Commission (RIK) rejected objections from Radovan Probojcic of Sid (Visnjicevo) and from Dusko and Novak Dramicanin of Geneva. The session was chaired by RIK president Vladimir Dimitrijevic, and the decisions concern the parliamentary elections scheduled for October 25, 2026.
We previously reported on the objections from European Serbia and the Student List, which RIK also rejected. These three are new and come from individual voters.
What did the voters object to?
In a letter, the voter from Sid stated that the chair of the Municipal Election Commission had entered the premises of the local branch of the Serbian Progressive Party. The Dramicanins complained that no polling station was opened in Geneva, even though, as they stated, a diplomatic and consular mission operates there.
Sources spell the Sid voter’s surname differently: the RIK website gives Probojcic, while the Beta agency, whose report was picked up by Nova and Ekspres, writes Pribojcic.
Why were the objections not upheld?
According to the RIK statement, all three objections were rejected as filed by an unauthorized person. The statement does not explain in more detail what that finding rests on. Beta adds that the Dramicanins’ objections from Geneva were rejected by a majority vote, but it does not say how many commission members voted for and how many against.
Boards abroad and in prisons
At the same session, RIK appointed members and deputy members of the permanent and extended composition of the polling boards for polling stations abroad. It did the same for polling stations in penal institutions. RIK had earlier designated 93 polling stations abroad.
Fees for election work
The commission also adopted a set of decisions on money for election logistics:
- fees, material and other costs for conducting the October 25 elections
- fees for work at the polling stations where voters from Kosovo and Metohija vote
- fees for lecturers at RIK training sessions and for trainers of polling board members
- fees for people who assist the trainers and for the administrator of the RIK website
The amounts were not published in the statement. At the session, commission members dismissed certain members of local election commissions and appointed new ones.
