TIRANA, May 15/ATA/ The Central Election Commission called on all Election Administration Zone Commissions to continue the vote counting process without any interruption.
In a public statement, the CEC asked the vote counting groups not to interrupt the counting.
The CEC emphasized that the Vote Counting Groups must continuously count all the ballot boxes regularly accepted by the Election Administration Zone Commissions.
The CEC reminded that no one can refuse to count the ballot boxes because refusal constitutes a criminal offence.
“The Election Administration Zone Commissions should develop the process of vote counting for the candidates for mayor and municipal council in an uninterrupted manner. The commissions should take measures for timely replacement of the members of the counting groups in case”, the CEC emphasized.
Also, the CEC added that, “The commissions must correctly fill in and administer the result tables and any other election documents, as well as forward them to the CEC through the relevant data transmission system. The commissions provide the conditions for every vote that is counted and evaluated to be observed through supporting technology”/gj.m/p.s./
