More than 9,800 alleged packages of ballots from postal voting outside Kosovo, pertaining to the second round of mayoral elections in 18 municipalities, have been assessed and verified by the Central Election Commission (CEC).
CEC spokesperson Valmir Elezi, in a statement to Ekonomia Online, said that around 2,570 of them were rejected and will not be included in the count. This is because, according to him, in most of them, in 2,500 cases, the registration certificate is missing, a unique document that voters receive from the CEC when they register.
"As of Friday, at 10:00, of the ballot packages that were brought to Kosovo, more than 9,800 have been subjected to the evaluation process, of which more than 7,240 have been approved, while around 2,570 have been rejected. The most obvious reason why these packages were rejected is because in 2,500 cases the registration certificate, a document with unique data, that the registered voter receives from the CEC, is missing," Elezi declared.
According to him, on November 11 and 12, 13,084 packages allegedly containing ballots were withdrawn from CEC mailboxes in 22 different countries around the world, which correspond to postal voting outside Kosovo in the second round of the elections for Mayors of 18 municipalities. So far, most of them have been brought to Kosovo.
According to the CEC, at the end of this evaluation process, data will be published for each municipality on the number of packages with presumed ballots, which will be counted at the Counting and Results Center.
The local elections in Kosovo have produced a new political map. After the first round on October 12 and the runoff held on Sunday, all parties have in some way declared victory.
The Vetëvendosje Movement and the LDK have won seven municipalities each, while the PDK has won 6 and the AAK 5. The Serbian List has won 10 municipalities.
After winning Podujevo, Shtime and Kamenica in the first round, LVV also triumphed in South Mitrovica, Gjilan, Obiliq and Fushë-Kosovo Polje in the runoff.
In the first round, the LDK won Lipjan and Istog, while in the runoff it won Pristina, Peja, Dragash, Junik and Viti.
And PDK won Skenderaj, Ferizaj and Hani i Elezit in the first round, and in the runoff it won Prizren, Kaçanik and Vushtrri.
AAK had won Deçan without a runoff, and in the runoff it also won Gjakova, Suhareka, Rahovec and Klina, the municipalities where it has governed.