FLASH
Shkruar nga Eduard Zaloshnja
However, some voters may want to vote for a particular electoral subject, but not for any candidate on its open list. If these voters place their mark for the electoral subject they prefer at the top of one of the 12 columns on the ballot paper and nowhere else, their vote is considered valid for the subject...
The vast majority of May 11 voters will mark their mark for the electoral entity they prefer at the top of one of the 12 columns on the ballot, as well as for a candidate from the entity's open list in the same column.
However, some voters may wish to vote for a particular electoral subject, but not for any candidate on its open list. If these voters place their mark for the electoral subject they prefer at the top of one of the 12 columns on the ballot paper and nowhere else, their vote is considered valid for the subject.
The problem is if such voters choose an electoral subject and add a mark to any of the names on the closed list. For example, a socialist voter may choose the SP at the top of column 5, but also mark the name of Edi Rama (who is on the SP's closed list). In this case, the vote may be wasted. Or, for example, a democratic voter may choose the DP at the top of column 1, but also mark the name of Sali Berisha (who is on the DP's closed list). In this case, the vote may also be wasted.
It is not known why it was decided that on a ballot paper extremely loaded with names of candidates from open lists, candidates from closed lists should also be crammed at the top of each column, but it is not fair for a voter to have their vote wasted because they put a mark on the ballot paper for both their favorite party and one of its closed list candidates.
Perhaps there is still time for the CEC to review the procedures for evaluating such votes, so that they are not wasted. They are ballots where voters clearly express their will to vote for a particular party!
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