News on the topic: local council elections-2010
25.04.2010 Mazyr: chair of local election commission refuses to provide information to opposition candidates
The chair of local election commission at polling station #43 of Paleskaya constituency #43 refused to provide information on the progress of the election to candidate Uladzimir Tseliapun, member of the Belarusian Popular Front and proxy to Franak Viachorka, both running for the Homel Regional Council.
25.04.2010 Third of Belarusians opt for early voting
Almost one third of the electors have chosen the early voting option during the elections to the local councils of deputies of the 26th convocation, BelTA learned from representatives of the Central Commission for Elections and National Referendums.
24.04.2010 Salihorsk: ‘Kidnapping’ vs. ‘Young Front’ candidate
Candidate Aliaksei Valabuyeu has become a real headache for the local ideologists. Having finished with the promotion campaign of his rival, colonel Zainchkouski, the local media proceeded to indirect criticism aimed at Valabuyeu.
24.04.2010 Salihorsk: colonel is not afraid of punishment for law violations
In the morning, posters of a pro-governmental candidate, colonel Valery Zainchkouski, were posted on all houses of constituency #13. His rival, oppositional candidate Aliaksei Valabuyeu, considers it as a reaction to the wide agitation campaign conducted by members of his electoral team.
24.04.2010 Minsk: candidate Ales Lahvinets demands to cancel elections at Sukharauskaya constituency #30
The candidate lodged complaints with the procuracy, the Minsk City Election Commission and the Central Election Commission, asking to cancel the elections at the Sukharauskaya constituency #30 because of gross and purposeful violations of the Constitution and the electoral legislation by state officials.
24.04.2010 Babruisk: Xeroxed leaflets are distributed in support of pro-governmental candidate
Aliaksandr Kazlou works at the open stock company Belshyna, the largest enterprise of Babruisk, as deputy director on ideology, and is running for the regional council of deputies at the Minskaya election constituency #10. His rival Viachaslau Sheleh, a member of the organizing committee of the Belarusian Christian Democracy, noticed suspicious agitation leaflets being spread all over the constituency.
24.04.2010 Homel: precinct commission refuses to hang out protocols of early voting
In Homel, precinct commission #46 of the Studentskaya constituency refused to obey the demand of Kanstantsin Zhukouski, a candidate for the Homel Regional Council of Deputies, to hang out the protocol of early voting or familiarize him with it. ‘When I came to the precinct, there was no protocol there. As I found out, they hadn’t composed it at all, as a member of the commission started filling it in my presence. I called the police, but they didn’t pay any reaction to the violation. I phoned to the Central Election Commission, but there’s still no protocol, though the CEC obliged the commissions to hang out the reports for one day,’ explained Mr. Zhukouski.
24.04.2010 Horki district: headmistress forces teachers to vote for ‘worthy’ candidate
According to information of teachers of the Ausiankava secondary school, the headmistress Liudmila Bandarenka forced them to vote early at the general assembly of the school.
24.04.2010 Kirau district: candidates are running unopposed, but somebody needs large turnout
There are three such candidates in the Kirau district: Valery Babaryka is running for the Mahiliou Regional Council of Deputies at the Kirauskaya election constituency #10; Natallia Vasilieuskaya, shop manager – for the Kirau District Council at the Staupitskaya election constituency #22; and Mikhail Bautovich, Chairperson of the Liubonichy outpatient clinic – at the Siarheyevitskaya election constituency #24.
24.04.2010 Photo fact: composite ballot boxes in Baranavichy
This composite ballot box was discovered by Siarhei Housha, observer of the Belarusian Language Society, at precinct #43 in Baranavichy.
24.04.2010 Vitsebsk region: almost 50% of soldiers of military unit 52287 voted early
About half of 896 soldiers of military unit #52287, on the territory of which election precinct #62 is located, voted before the election day.
24.04.2010 Mazyr: candidate demands that police abide by electoral legislation
On 24 April Uladzimir Tseliapu, a candidate for the Homel Regional Council of Deputies, addressed Piatro Zykun, Chairperson of the Mazyr District Police Department, in connection with detention of the candidate Franak Viachorka that was witnessed by him.
24.04.2010 Vitsebsk: BCD activist issued with a warning
Alena Shabunia, a member of the organizing committee of the Belarusian Christian Democracy Party running for the Vitsebsk Regional and District Councils of Deputies, received an official warning from the appropriate territorial election commissions for holding electoral pickets with musical accompaniment.
24.04.2010 Brest authorities prevent observers from watching the poll
On 25 April, after the end of calculation of votes at precincts, only members of constituency commissions will be present at the constituency commissions, whereas all the rest will be at the appropriate district executive committees. The resulting protocols and all documents will be passed to these state organs as well. In Brest, these will be the Maskouski and the Leninski District Executive Committees.
24.04.2010 Mazyr: early voting beyond common sense
As of 23 April, 489 electors voted at precinct #40 located in the secondary school #6 in Mazyr. Earlier, proxies of Siarhei Lapusta, a candidate of the United Civil Party, kept a duty at this precinct. Some 9-10 persons usually voted there in their presence. However, on 23 April one of the candidate's proxies stayed there till late and was informed about this record number.
