Georgian Dream party plans parallel vote count on election day
Georgia will elect mayors and city council members on October 2. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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The ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party plans a parallel vote count (Parallel Vote Tabulation) on election day to independently verify election results.
Parallel Vote Tabulation, sometimes called a Quick Count, is a proven methodology employed by nonpartisan citizen observers to independently verify official election results.
Member of the Georgian Dream party Shalva Papuashvili said that the party will conduct parallel counting of votes in all polling stations.
When ballot papers are counted, copies of summary protocol papers are usually given to all parties. The Georgian Dream party will enter the protocols into a database in a timely manner. The public will be informed about the results of the voting several hours earlier than the Central Election Commission announces final results by election precincts”, said Papuashvili earlier today.
Papauashvili also said that the ruling GD party has created a portal - http://elections2021.ge, where the public will be able to receive important information about election day, including voters turnout.
Georgia will elect mayors and city council members on October 2.
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili has met with the Central Election Commisis0onchair and representatives of international election monitoring missions ahead of the October 2 municipal elections. Reportedly, the chair of the delegation of MEPs, Michael Gahler hoped that the upcoming elections would be transparent and peaceful and wished Georgia success on its European path.
“The Georgian government will spare no effort to ensure a free and safe environment for transparent elections”, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili stated at the meeting with the representatives of the National Democratic Institute (NDI) and the International Republican Institute (IRI) earlier today.
Political parties in Georgia spent over 11 million GEL between August 2 and September 12, says the interim report on the October 2 local self-government elections published by the State Audit Office of Georgia.
The French government has called on Georgian authorities to ensure the holding of the October 2 municipal elections in line with EU standards.