Majdanpek and Vranje hand election materials to boards
The Republic Electoral Commission set a deadline of Friday midnight. Majdanpek hands over its materials today, while Vranje starts tomorrow at 8 a.m.
Local electoral commissions are handing election materials to polling boards this week, and the deadline set by the Republic Electoral Commission (RIK) expires on Friday, October 23, at midnight. In the municipality of Majdanpek the handover runs today, October 22, while the City Electoral Commission in Vranje starts tomorrow at 8 a.m., two days before the early parliamentary elections scheduled for Sunday, October 25.
What does the RIK timetable require?
Under the Timetable for Electoral Actions, local electoral commissions received their materials by October 20, and they must pass them on to polling boards no later than midnight on October 23. Polling stations will be open on Sunday from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
After the polls close, the materials travel in the opposite direction. Polling boards return them to the local electoral commission by 8:00 a.m. on October 26 at the latest, and the minutes of each board’s work are checked during that handover.
How is the material handed over in Majdanpek?
The election materials arrived in Majdanpek on Tuesday, October 20. In its official notice, the Majdanpek Municipal Electoral Commission said the handover takes place today from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the small hall of the Municipal Assembly, in the Municipal Administration building at 1 Trg oslobodjenja.
The municipality has 41 polling stations, 16 of them in the town itself, with the rest spread across Donji Milanovac, Rudna Glava and other settlements. The commission also adopted a decision on reimbursing the cost of transporting the materials:
- 93,000 dinars for chairs or deputy chairs of polling boards
- 30,000 dinars for fuel for the Municipal Administration
- a total of 123,000 dinars
No reimbursement is provided for polling stations in the town of Majdanpek, while for the others it is calculated by distance from the municipal seat. On October 14 the commission adopted decisions appointing the chairs, members and deputies in the permanent composition of the polling boards, and on October 18 commission chair Dejan Skoric was authorized to decide on changes to board membership at the request of authorized proposers, within the legal deadlines.
What did the City Electoral Commission in Vranje say?
Novica Stanisavljevic, chair of the City Electoral Commission, told a press conference on Wednesday, October 21, that the number of voters in the area is about 2,000 lower than at the 2023 parliamentary elections. A total of 66,439 voters are registered.
“Of this number, 58,652 voters are registered in Vranje and 7,787 in Vranjska Banja,” Stanisavljevic said. Voting will take place at 113 polling stations, 92 in Vranje and 21 in Vranjska Banja, and under a RIK decision turnout on election day will be monitored on a sample of 13 stations.
On the materials themselves, Stanisavljevic said:
“The election materials have been handed over, and after sorting they will be passed to the polling boards, starting at 8 a.m. on October 23.”
Voters from Gnjilane, Kosovska Kamenica, Vitina and Novo Brdo vote in Vranje, at 10 polling stations in classrooms of the Chemical and Technology School.
Who can vote outside a polling station?
Voters who cannot come to a polling station because of serious illness, old age or disability should notify the local electoral commission between October 22 and 25, and no later than 11 a.m. on election day. In Majdanpek the request must include the voter’s full name, home address, personal identification number, a contact phone number and the reason they cannot attend.
The election silence begins at midnight between October 22 and 23 and lasts until the polls close on Sunday at 8 p.m.
What happens after the vote?
The consolidated report on results is adopted within 96 hours of the polling stations closing. Submitters of certified lists and candidates for members of parliament have the right to inspect the election materials until midnight on October 30.
The overall report on the election results is published in the Official Gazette within 96 hours of receiving all consolidated reports, and seats are allocated within 10 days of that publication. Citizens elect 250 members of parliament, and 18 lists are on the consolidated ballot.
