Kosovo Serb Entity to be stamped on ballot for 2004 Assembly Election
A scene from the last Kosovo Municipal Elections in 2002. (OSCE) Photo details
PRISTINA, 16 October 2004 - In order to eliminate possible confusion during the voting process on election day, 23 October, the ballot to be used for the 2004 Kosovo Assembly Election will now include the names of all 33 political entities, as the final entity has submitted the necessary documents.
Each ballot will be stamped individually, under the supervision of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, as UNMiK's Pillar III, with the name of the 33rd political entity, the Srpska List za Kosovo i Metohiju at the bottom of the ballot as number 63.
More than 1.6 million ballots will be stamped during the period from 16 to 19 October at the Kosovo Police Service School in Vushtrri/Vucitrn. They will then be shipped from a central location to the 30 Municipal Election Commissions.
As all other parts of the electoral process, the stamping process will be fully monitored by the Council of Europe, the Electoral Complaints and Appeals Commission (ECAC) and the Central Election Commission.
On 5 October, the UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Soeren Jessen-Petersen, authorized in Executive Decision 2004/21, the CEC Chair and OSCE Head of Mission, Ambassador Pascal Fieschi, to certify one additional entity representing a non-majority community.
Voters currently residing out of Kosovo who have registered to vote by mail (BMO) will not receive the newly stamped ballots, but will vote according to the voting instructions sent on 6 October.
Each ballot will be stamped individually, under the supervision of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, as UNMiK's Pillar III, with the name of the 33rd political entity, the Srpska List za Kosovo i Metohiju at the bottom of the ballot as number 63.
More than 1.6 million ballots will be stamped during the period from 16 to 19 October at the Kosovo Police Service School in Vushtrri/Vucitrn. They will then be shipped from a central location to the 30 Municipal Election Commissions.
As all other parts of the electoral process, the stamping process will be fully monitored by the Council of Europe, the Electoral Complaints and Appeals Commission (ECAC) and the Central Election Commission.
On 5 October, the UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Soeren Jessen-Petersen, authorized in Executive Decision 2004/21, the CEC Chair and OSCE Head of Mission, Ambassador Pascal Fieschi, to certify one additional entity representing a non-majority community.
Voters currently residing out of Kosovo who have registered to vote by mail (BMO) will not receive the newly stamped ballots, but will vote according to the voting instructions sent on 6 October.