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2001 voters' list closes on Saturday in Kosovo
PRISTINA 19 September 2001
PRISTINA, 19 September 2001 (OSCE) - The voters' list for the 2001 Kosovo Assembly Election will close this Saturday, 22 September.
All voter services centres in Kosovo, as well as those in Serbia and Montenegro, will shut at 18:00 hours on that day. The deadline also applies to the mail-in process being conducted through the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Vienna. Voter Registration application forms sent to them by post or fax must be received this Saturday by 18:00 hours.
Although voter services will stop, the United Nation Mission in Kosovo's (UNMiK) civil registration programme in Kosovo will continue. However, anyone applying for inclusion on the civil register after Saturday will not be included on this year's voters' list, even if they are eligible to vote.
Several thousand people who have been participating in the civil registration process since last year's elections have still not yet visited a voter service centre to find out where to vote on 17 November. Unless they do so between now and Saturday, they will inevitably cause inconvenience for other voters and OSCE election staff on polling day. A large number of so-called conditional ballots will also delay the count process.
This weekend's cut-off date is necessary in order to have the final voters' list ready in time for Election Day. In mid-October, there will be a nine-day challenge period, during which eligible voters will have a chance to scrutinize the provisional voters' list.
By close of business yesterday, a total of 185,000 people had visited voter services centres within Kosovo. Of those, 72,000 have participated in the civil registration and voter services operation. Outside Kosovo, a total of 87,000 people have registered to vote in Serbia and Montenegro. So far, 19,000 mail-in applications have been approved by IOM in Vienna.
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For further information, contact the OSCE Spokesperson Claire Trevena, tel: (+381-38) 500-162 x260; or mobile: +377-44-500-150; or e-mail: press@omik.org.
All voter services centres in Kosovo, as well as those in Serbia and Montenegro, will shut at 18:00 hours on that day. The deadline also applies to the mail-in process being conducted through the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Vienna. Voter Registration application forms sent to them by post or fax must be received this Saturday by 18:00 hours.
Although voter services will stop, the United Nation Mission in Kosovo's (UNMiK) civil registration programme in Kosovo will continue. However, anyone applying for inclusion on the civil register after Saturday will not be included on this year's voters' list, even if they are eligible to vote.
Several thousand people who have been participating in the civil registration process since last year's elections have still not yet visited a voter service centre to find out where to vote on 17 November. Unless they do so between now and Saturday, they will inevitably cause inconvenience for other voters and OSCE election staff on polling day. A large number of so-called conditional ballots will also delay the count process.
This weekend's cut-off date is necessary in order to have the final voters' list ready in time for Election Day. In mid-October, there will be a nine-day challenge period, during which eligible voters will have a chance to scrutinize the provisional voters' list.
By close of business yesterday, a total of 185,000 people had visited voter services centres within Kosovo. Of those, 72,000 have participated in the civil registration and voter services operation. Outside Kosovo, a total of 87,000 people have registered to vote in Serbia and Montenegro. So far, 19,000 mail-in applications have been approved by IOM in Vienna.
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For further information, contact the OSCE Spokesperson Claire Trevena, tel: (+381-38) 500-162 x260; or mobile: +377-44-500-150; or e-mail: press@omik.org.