News on the topic: Mazyr
29.09.2008 Mazyr: “Competent bodies” to deal with precinct commission
The district election commission of Mazyr district # 42 having considered the complaint of observer Bialou about violations of the Election Code, sent it to the “competent bodies”. S. Bialou appealed against action of precinct election commission # 11 and personally its chairman D. Miler. The observer registered the fact that the commission failed to provide for the order of vote counting required by law; the vote counting was done not separately, but ballot papers from all boxes were mixed together. The “competent bodies” will also have to find out what the commission chairperson did when he took all the ballot papers to a separate room, spent there 15-20 minutes, and then joined the other commission members with the protocol of the voting results. All members of the district election commission voted in favor of clarifying those circumstances.
25.09.2008 Mazyr: Officials offended by UCP candidate’s speech
Leanid Arlou, UCP candidate in Mazyr district # 42, did not expect inadequate reaction to his TV speech. At first he had to listen to words of indignation from executive officer of Mazyr rayon executive committee M. Pashynski (he is also chair of the district election commission), and head of the executive committee’s organizational department V. Ulasevich (who is also the district commission’s secretary). In addition he received a warning for “untactful way of campaigning”. By the way, the warning issued on September 19th was cancelled by the CEC on the 22nd.
25.09.2008 Compulsion is typical for early voting
Baranavichy, Mazyr, Vitebsk
21.09.2008 Mazyr: UCP candidate receives warning
On September 19th Mazyr district commission #42 held a session. The goal of the session was proposed by commission chair M. M. Pashynski in the following way: discussion of “production and distribution of the leaflet of candidate L. Arlou”. Leanid Arlou is a member of UCP, associate professor of Mazyr Teacher’s University.
