TIRANA, May 10 /ATA/ Ahead of the May 11 parliamentary elections, State Election Commissioner Ilirjan Celibashi reminded citizens that “voting more than once constitutes a criminal offense.”
In a social media post, Celibashi further stated that “voting on behalf of someone else is a crime. Voter identification is carried out electronically.”
Celibashi adds that “polling stations are under surveillance, and any abuse is detected.”
“Don’t jeopardize your future for the sake of manipulation,” Celibashi concluded in his message to the public.
The OSCE Presence in Albania’s project “Support for Electoral Reform and the Electoral Process in Albania” is supported by Sweden, Switzerland, the U.S. Mission to the OSCE, and Poland.
The voting process begins at 07:00 and the polling stations close at 19:00. According to the final voter list published by the Ministry of the Interior, 3,713,761 Albanian citizens, both inside and outside the country, are eligible to vote. /a.g/sm/
