2024-05-13 20:49:38
As announced in the press release of the organization, observers have already visited more than 120 neighborhoods in a third of Lithuanian municipalities, but no more serious violations have been recorded.
According to “Baltių gartinišų”, according to reports from observers, it is recorded that the ballot boxes are possibly improperly sealed in every fifth precinct visited. However, despite this, this is almost half the number of cases than during last year’s elections of municipal councils and mayors.
It should also be noted that on election day there are isolated cases when the commissions commit other violations: they do not allow a voter registered in another precinct to vote, they do not use black sheets intended to ensure data protection, they do not ensure the secrecy of voting by unreasonably allowing more than one person to enter the voting booth.
On the morning of the election, White Gloves also received several reports about possible referendum ballots not being issued to voters, one of which was related to problems with voting on Sunday, and the others related to voting at home. The organization forwarded the information to the Central Election Commission.
ELTA reminds that the presidential elections and the referendum on the preservation of citizenship are taking place on Sunday. Voting in polling stations takes place from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. 8 candidates are competing for the post of the country’s leader.
Gitanas Nausėda is seeking a second term, the conservatives are nominating Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė, the Democratic Union “Vardan Lietuvos” – Giedrim Jeglinskas, the Freedom Party – the former chairman of the Constitutional Court (KT) Dainių Žalim, the Labor Party – its leader Andriių Mazuronis.
Lawyer Ignas Vēgėlė, doctor Eduardas Vaitkus and the founder of the party “Nemunos ausra” Remigijus Žemaitaitis ran independently.
In the referendum ballot, it is proposed to abandon the sentence currently included in the Constitution: “except for the individual cases provided for by law, no one can be a citizen of the Republic of Lithuania and another state at the same time”. This provision does not allow the preservation of Lithuanian citizenship after acquiring the citizenship of another state.
2024-05-13 20:49:38