The State Election Commission (SEC) today rejected the objection of "Kotor Movement" list holder Siniša Kovačević to the decision of the local election commission to repeat the voting at one polling station in Prčanje.
Rejection means that the SEC has assessed that the prerequisites for entering into the substance of the complaint have not been met. If they were fulfilled, it would lead to rejection or approval of the objection.
Upon receiving a complaint, the SEC determines whether it is timely, permissible and whether it was submitted by an authorized person. "Vijesti" learned unofficially that the SEC assessed that the objection of the "Kotor Movement" was not allowed. That institution, as the "Vijesti" source said, was guided in that case by the practice of the Constitutional Court, which concerns the connection between the decision to call elections and the previously adopted decision to cancel them. The interlocutor says that the decision to repeat the vote cannot be annulled, while the decision to annul the election remains in force.
Last year, after the early parliamentary elections, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) submitted an objection to the Election Commission of the Capital, which adopted it and then made a decision to call for elections at one polling station in Cetinje. One of the parties that participated in those elections complained about that to the SEC, which, due to technical irregularities, annulled that decision, so that the Capital Commission could make a new one. However, she did not do that, which is why the SDP complained to the SEC, so that the case would reach the Constitutional Court, which decided that the vote should be repeated.
Against the decision of the SEC, "Kotorski pokret" can appeal to the Constitutional Court within 48 hours of receiving the decision.
The Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS), which won ten mandates in the Kotor parliament four days ago, could "steal" one from the coalition of Democrats and the Europe Now Movement (PES) next week, as they will vote again at the polling station in Purring.
Yesterday, the Kotor Election Commission accepted the objection of the DPS to vote again at one polling station (Dom kulture) in that settlement, because there were two more ballots in the ballot box (271 in total) than the number of control coupons (269).
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According to the Law on the Election of Councilors and Members of Parliament (Article 89), voting at a polling station can be repeated if it is determined that the number of ballots in the box is greater than the number of voters identified in the extract from the voter list as having voted, if it is determined that the number of ballots greater than the number of coupons, that the number of ballots is greater than the number of signed stubs and signed coupons, and if it is established that there are two or more control coupons with the same serial number or a serial number that does not belong to that polling station. In that case, the electoral committee is dissolved and a new one is appointed, and the voting is repeated.
Eight members of the election commission voted yesterday to accept the DPS complaint, while seven voted against it. The session was not attended by a member of the committee representing the "For the Future of Kotor" list.
According to the preliminary results of the elections in Kotor, DPS and the coalition PES-Democrats won ten mandates each, the alliance "For the Future of Kotor", Grbljanska Lista and Democratic Alternative three each, the European Union two, and the Croatian Civic Initiative (HGI) and the Kotor Movement each one mandate .
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