Elections 2016: Repeat vote is held today
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A repeat vote of the 8 Parliamentary Elections of Georgia is taking place place today, Saturday October 22 at several polling stations countrywide where votes were nullified due to incidents on Election Day.
A repeat vote is being held at four polling stations at two election districts.
These stations are:
- #48 polling station in Marneuli district in southern Georgia; and
- #38, #79 and #108 polling stations in Zugdidi district, western Georgia.
Voting at four polling stations opened at 8am this morning. Photo by Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
Meanwhile in Zugdidi municipality people are also voting to elect Gamgebeli (local authorities) as several local officials had to quit their posts to participate in the elections.
At 8am this morning polling stations at these four locations opened for voters to go to the ballot boxes and cast their votes again. The polling stations will close at 8pm this evening.
A second round of October 8 Parliamentary Elections of Georgia will likely take place on October 30 and a repeat vote at four polling stations will likely be held on October 22.
Georgia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs has launched an investigation into several cases of violence that erupted at polling stations during yesterday’s Parliamentary Elections.
A repeat vote of the Parliamentary Elections will take place in several districts in Georgia where votes were nullified due to incidences on Election Day.
Polling stations have opened and people are encouraged to have their say in today's repeat vote.
CEC spokesperson Ana Mikeladze said voter turnout was 20.6 percent in Marneuli and 18.46 percent in Zugdidi at 12pm - four hours after polling stations opened in today's repeat vote.
The repeat vote is coming to an end and so far the voting environment is peaceful and orderly, says Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association (GYLA), a leading local NGO.
By 5pm almost 43 percent of eligible voters have had their say in the repeat vote. This meant by 5pm 615 peoplehad voted in Marneuli and 1,218 people had voted in Zugdidi, said the CEC.