Elections 2016:
About 7.5m ballot papers printed for Saturday’s vote
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Georgia’s Central Election Commission (CEC) has started printing ballot papers for this Saturday’s Parliamentary Elections.
The voting papers are being printed in eight printing-houses in capital Tbilisi. The process is being monitored by CEC members and representatives of non-governmental organisations.
A total of 7,446,850 ballot papers will be printed for the October 8 elections.
Of these:
- 3,286,200 ballots will be printed for the proportional system; and
- 3,234,950 will be printed for majoritarian elections.
In Georgia's western Autonomous Republic of Adjara:
- 292,700 ballot papers will be printed for proportional elections; and
- 292,700 ballot papers will be printed for majoritarian elections.
Some ballot papers will be bilingual or trilingual and be printed in languages of Georgia’s ethnic minorities, including:
- Armenian-Georgian;
- Azerbaijani-Georgian; and
- Armenian-Georgian-Azerbaijani.
Meanwhile on October 8, municipal by elections to elect sakrebulo (local council) members will be held in Tbilisi, Tsalka, Tchiatura, Abasha and Zugdidi for which 123,500 ballot papers will be printed.
Also, special elections will be held to elect the Mayor of Akhaltsikhe in Georgia south. For this the CEC will prepare 13,950 ballot papers.
This Saturday gamgebeli (local governors) elections will be held in Bolnisi, Kharagauli, Chiatura, Zugdidi and Tsalenjikha municipalities, for which 123,500 papers will be printed.
All the ballot papers will be ready by tomorrow, October 6.
Georgia’s Prime Minister has addressed citizens four days before the country hosts Parliamentary Elections and urging them to vote. Kvirikashvili stressed the importance of the October 8 elections.
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NDI sends international mission to observe elections in Georgia
The main United States (US) branch of the National Democratic Institute (NDI) is sending a high level international mission to observe the October 8 Parliamentary Elections in Georgia.
This afternoon the Central Election Commission (CEC) released a mid-term report reflecting updated voter figures, new election data and introduced new services that would make the election process easier for voters.
Georgian peacekeepers vote in Afghanistan
Georgian peacekeepers in Afghanistan are having their say in Georgia’s 2016 Parliamentary Elections three days earlier than the rest of the nation. Two polling stations opened in Afghanistan early this morning.
Publication of public opinion poll results is temporarily suspended ahead of Saturday’s Parliamentary Election in Georgia.The Election Code of Georgia prohibits publishing of opinion poll results for 48 hours before voting.
Niels Scott, head of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Georgia says up to this week Georgia had an "exemplary pre-election campaign” in all directions, including media coverage.
Janos Herman, Ambassador of the European Union (EU) to Georgia says he is "happy Georgian media is more balanced and informative than it was in 2012”, when the Parliamentary Elections were conducted by the previous state leadership.