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Voter services period begins today
PRISTINA 15 July 2002
PRISTINA, 15 July 2002 - All over Kosovo OSCE officials are receiving young people who want to register as voters. "Young people who have not voted before and will turn 18 before election day are probably one of the largest groups of new voters showing up at Voter Service Centres," said Susan Carnduff, Director of OSCE's Department of Election Operations. She added, "We are also expecting to see many who want to vote for the municipality in which they lived on 1 January 1998, and we will offer them the possibility to do so."
The OSCE starts today to update the voters' list for the second Municipal Elections in October. This operation will run for the next five weeks and conclude on 17 August.
People who are already registered as a voter do not need to go to a Voter Service Centre. They are on the voters' list and have been assigned polling stations.
Four categories of potential voters need to make this important visit to a Voter Service Centre. These are:
The OSCE is also offering the opportunity for absentee voting for voters who wish to cast a ballot in the municipality in which they lived on 1 January 1998. This category of voter needs to go to a Voter Service Centre if they wish to change their voting option, otherwise they will vote in the municipality in which they currently reside.
OSCE Voter Service Centres, both fixed locations and mobile teams, can be found throughout all 30 of Kosovo's municipalities. The main permanent locations in Kosovo will be in the offices of the Municipal Election Commissions, the bodies which are tasked by the Central Election Commission to administer the election processes on the local level. Voter Service Centres will be open six days a week, Monday through Saturday, from 0900-1200 and 1300-1700. The mobile teams will also be working on Saturdays.
The process of registering voters outside of Kosovo also begins today. In Serbia and Montenegro people are being asked to register in person at voter service locations. Throughout the rest of the world voter services are being handled by mail.
In 2000, approximately 910,000 people were on the Voters' List. This number increased to over 1,250,000 for the 2001 Kosovo Assembly Election
The OSCE starts today to update the voters' list for the second Municipal Elections in October. This operation will run for the next five weeks and conclude on 17 August.
People who are already registered as a voter do not need to go to a Voter Service Centre. They are on the voters' list and have been assigned polling stations.
Four categories of potential voters need to make this important visit to a Voter Service Centre. These are:
- people who have civilly registered with the United Nations since the Assembly Election and need to be assigned a polling station;
- people who experienced difficulties voting in the Assembly Election;
- people who moved to a different municipality since the last elections;
- people who have recently turned 18 or will be 18 on election day.
The OSCE is also offering the opportunity for absentee voting for voters who wish to cast a ballot in the municipality in which they lived on 1 January 1998. This category of voter needs to go to a Voter Service Centre if they wish to change their voting option, otherwise they will vote in the municipality in which they currently reside.
OSCE Voter Service Centres, both fixed locations and mobile teams, can be found throughout all 30 of Kosovo's municipalities. The main permanent locations in Kosovo will be in the offices of the Municipal Election Commissions, the bodies which are tasked by the Central Election Commission to administer the election processes on the local level. Voter Service Centres will be open six days a week, Monday through Saturday, from 0900-1200 and 1300-1700. The mobile teams will also be working on Saturdays.
The process of registering voters outside of Kosovo also begins today. In Serbia and Montenegro people are being asked to register in person at voter service locations. Throughout the rest of the world voter services are being handled by mail.
In 2000, approximately 910,000 people were on the Voters' List. This number increased to over 1,250,000 for the 2001 Kosovo Assembly Election