News for 11 Oct 2015

Carousel floaters assault independent observer and try to seize his laptop

11.10.2015 Carousel floaters assault independent observer and try to seize his laptop

During the early voting at polling station No. 24 in Minsk the observers saw two carousel floaters and later saw how they were paid for fictitious participation in the elections.

Kryčaŭ: observers' calculations reveal a large discrepancy in the number of early voters on October 10

11.10.2015 Kryčaŭ: observers' calculations reveal a large discrepancy in the number of early voters on October 10

October 10, independent observers at Sožavy polling station No. 4 in Kryčaŭ counted 101 voters less than written in the PEC protocol for that day. At Vakzaĺny polling station No. 8, independent observer Nadzeya Ivanova counted 25 voters less than in the PEC protocol, though she didn't leave the polling station even for a minute.

Hlusk: PEC chair corrects information in protocol of voting without explanations (photos)

11.10.2015 Hlusk: PEC chair corrects information in protocol of voting without explanations (photos)

October 10, Vasil Berazouski, chairman of precinct election commission No. 2 in Hlusk, changed the protocol of early voting for October 9 after an observation of the independent observer Ihar Kiryn (photos 1 and 2).

BSUIR students complain of coercion to vote

11.10.2015 BSUIR students complain of coercion to vote

In the evening of October 10, the last day of early voting, "Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections" received the following report from students of the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics:

Brest: observer gets deprived of accreditation at one polling station and denied accreditation at another

11.10.2015 Brest: observer gets deprived of accreditation at one polling station and denied accreditation at another

October 9, human rights activist Uladzimir Vialichkin was deprived of his accreditation as an observer at polling station No. 7 in the Maskoŭski district of Brest.

Final report on early voting at the elections of President of the Republic of Belarus in 2015

11.10.2015 Final report on early voting at the elections of President of the Republic of Belarus in 2015

Observation of the election of the President of Belarus is carried out by activists of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee and the Human Rights Center "Viasna" in the framework of the campaign "Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections".

Babrujsk: overstatement of turnout registered at polling station №20

11.10.2015 Babrujsk: overstatement of turnout registered at polling station №20

A journalist of the newspaper “Babrujski Kurjer Aleksandryna Hlaholeva told how over a hundred extra electors “voted early” at polling station No. 20.

Salihorsk: independent observer argues that ballot box was opened during dinner break

11.10.2015 Salihorsk: independent observer argues that ballot box was opened during dinner break

Uladzimir Shyla, observer of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee at polling station №32 in Salihorsk, reports about the opening of the ballot box for the early voting during the dinner break at the polling station.

Baranavičy: chairperson of city territorial election commission refuses to inform non-state newspaper «Intex-press" about the number of early voters

11.10.2015 Baranavičy: chairperson of city territorial election commission refuses to inform non-state newspaper «Intex-press" about the number of early voters

Tamara Shukala, chairperson of the Baranavičy City Territorial Election Commission says she “doesn't know” the number of the people who voted early at the polling stations of the city.

Salihorsk PEC No. 19 formed entirely of teachers and headed by schoolmaster

11.10.2015 Salihorsk PEC No. 19 formed entirely of teachers and headed by schoolmaster

This was found out by the representative of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee Leanid Markhotka during the monitoring of the early voting.

Strange gender balance of early voters at polling station No. 5 in Smarhoń

11.10.2015 Strange gender balance of early voters at polling station No. 5 in Smarhoń

384 out of 1,314 voters registered at precinct No. 5 in Smarhoń (29.2%) voted during the four days of early voting (October 6-9). 63.5% of them are women, 36.5% - men.

Hrodna: commission chairperson signs protocols of early voting on reverse side (photos)

11.10.2015 Hrodna: commission chairperson signs protocols of early voting on reverse side (photos)

Zhana Shumskaya, master of school No. 22, chairperson of precinct election commission No. 33 in the Lieninski district of Hrodna, post at the polling station the protocols of voting that are filled in the wrong way.

Hlusk: number of people “willing” to vote early is growing every day

11.10.2015 Hlusk: number of people “willing” to vote early is growing every day

The number of those who want to want early is growing every day at polling station No. 2 in Hlusk. On October 6, the first day of the early voting, there voted 53 electors, on October 9, according to the PEC protocol, the number increased to 188 people.

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