News on the topic: elections-2012
23.09.2012 Prison added to constituency on voting day
The election officials in Mahiliou have included local penal colony in the territory of polling station, says Yury Novikau, local coordinator of the For Fair Elections observation campaign.
23.09.2012 Stuffing reported in Mahiliou
According to Aksana Samuilava, election agent of opposition candidate Aksana Zakreuskaya, the election officials of Mahiliou-based polling station No. 68 were caught stuffing false ballots.
23.09.2012 Two observers missing from polling station in Minsk
The whereabouts of two independent observers working in Minsk polling stations Nos. 373 and 374 is currently unknown, after they left the polling stations at about 1 p.m.
23.09.2012 BHC observer thrown out of election commission office
Anatol Rodzik, observer representing the Belarusian Helsinki Committee, has been forcibly ejected from the office of Vitsebsk-based constituency election commission No. 20, after he said he wanted to monitor the submission of election records.
23.09.2012 Observers report trespassing at polling station in Zhlobin
A policeman illegally penetrated Zhlobin-based polling station No. 29 at night, says Valery Rybchanka, candidate representing the Fair World party, quoting a report by local independent observers.
23.09.2012 Zhlobin observer accused of safe burglary
Aleh Kastusiou, short-term observer representing the Fair World party, was forced to leave Zhlobin-based polling station No. 14, after he was accused of burgling a safe with early vote ballot papers.
23.09.2012 Khotsimsk election agent taken to police station for explanations
Piotr Baseika, election agent of candidate Valery Karankevich, has been detained outside polling station No. 55 in Khotsimsk.
23.09.2012 Mahiliou observer appeals obstacles by election officials
Valery Berazienka, observer representing the Fair World party, has lodged a complaint with Mahiliou election commission No. 45, appealing extremely poor conditions for observers’ activities at polling stations.
23.09.2012 104 ballots “lost” in Smarhon
The election record released by Smarhon-based constituency election commission No. 59 following the end of the early voting campaign says 241 persons voted by 23 September, with 1,305 ballots left. However, the commission received 1,650 ballot papers, i.e. there should have been 1,409 unused ballots.
23.09.2012 Independent observers unwelcome in Mazyr polling stations
Independent observers working in Mazyr (Homel region) have reportedly been threatened with detention, in case they come to poling stations on the voting day, 23 September.
23.09.2012 Babruisk: huge mismatch in voter turnout
From the very beginning of the early voting campaign, the independent observers of Babruisk have reported considerable difference in voter turnout figures provided by the election commission of polling station No. 12.
23.09.2012 Khotsimsk: opposition candidate’s election agent denied access to polling station
Piotr Baseika, election agent of Valery Karankevich, candidate running for Parliament in the town of Khotsimsk, who is also accredited as an observer, was not allowed today working at polling station No. 54.
23.09.2012 Observer ejected from polling station in Vitsebsk
Yan Dziarzhautsau, observer representing the Belarusian Helsinki Committee in Vitsebsk polling station No. 14, was denied accreditation after he received a warning for alleged insulting other observers.
22.09.2012 Another observer warned in Mahiliou
Valery Beraziyenka, leader of Fair World’s Mahiliou office working as an observer in constituency No. 45, was warned yesterday by election commission for alleged interference with the activities of election officials.
22.09.2012 Luninets candidate faces obstacles
In the last days of election campaigning, the executive authorities of the town of Luninets (Brest region) have prevented candidate Vital Karatysh (constituency No. 13) from having a number of meetings with voters at state-owned enterprises and organizations. Apart from that, his election posters have been stolen.
