Ballot papers for Georgia’s October 31 elections being printed
There are a total of 3,526,022 eligible voters registered for the October 31 elections in the country. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
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Georgia's Central Election Commission (CEC) has announced that ballot papers for the October 31 parliamentary elections are being printed.
The CEC Spokesperson Ana Mikeladze also noted that ballot papers are being printed for Adjara Supreme Council elections as well as mayoral and city council (Sakrebulo) by-elections as well.
Mikeladze announced at the news briefing yesterday that 15 local and 16 international organisations will monitor the printing process together with the CEC that will take a couple of days.
A total of 7,102,600 ballot papers will be printed in seven printing houses in Tbilisi for 3,725 polling stations, including:
- 3,160,900 for parliamentary elections (proportional system)
- 3,097,800 for parliamentary elections (majoritarian system)
- 584,000 for Adjara Supreme Council elections
- 219,800 for mayoral by-elections
- 40,100 for Sakrebulo by-elections
Sakrebulo by-elections will be held at 39 polling stations in the four municipalities of Tbilisi, Telavi, Tetritskaro and Oni municipalities.
Mayoral by-elections will be held in 255 polling stations in the five municipalities of Kaspi, Oni, Kharagauli, Terjola and Kutaisi.
At 213 polling stations, the ballot papers will be printed in Georgian and Azerbaijani languages, while at 135 polling stations, the ballot papers will be printed in Georgian and Armenian languages for the respective national minorities.
The upcoming parliamentary elections will be held according to an updated electoral system this year with 120 MPs being elected according to party lists, and 30 - according to majoritarian districts. In addition, the barrier for a party to enter parliament is one percent.
Head of the government administration Natia Mezvrishvili told the President of the National Democratic Institute Derek Mitchell that the safety of voters as well as international observers will be ensured at the upcoming parliamentary elections in Georgia amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Georgian citizens residing abroad can find a polling station in their respective country via an online registry set up by the Georgian Foreign Ministry. The Central Election Commission of Georgia announced in early September that Georgian citizens registered abroad will be able to cast ballot in 40 countries
Georgian citizens registered abroad will be able to cast ballot in 40 countries during Georgia’s parliamentary elections on October 31.Citizens will be able to register with their embassies abroad by October 11.
President of Georgia Salome Zurabishvili has named October 31 as the date of parliamentary elections and elections of the Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara within Georgia. Zurabishvili said that 30 years ago, on October 28, 1990 Georgia held democratic elections and 'we should continue this tradition and represent our country to the world as an extremely democratic country'.
A total of 1,928 new cases of coronavirus have been reported in Georgia over the last 24 hours, increasing the number of total confirmed cases to 28,431. Meanwhile, 604 people have recovered and eight more have died.