The State Election Commission (SEC) accepted today the objection of Vladimir Jokić, the leader of the coalition of Democrats and the Europe Now Movement (PES) in the elections in Kotor, to the decision of the election commission there to repeat the voting at one polling station in Prčanje.
The SEC annulled the decision on repeating the vote because the Kotor Municipal Election Commission (MEC) did not pass it with the required majority. Eight of the 16 members of the MEC voted for it, and according to the Law on the Election of Councilors and Members of Parliament, nine votes were required.
After that decision, the SEC received a complaint from the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS), which asked that institution to order the MEC to decide again regarding the repeat of the election at one polling station in Prčanje, which was also accepted.
The day before yesterday, the Kotor commission accepted DPS's objection 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).
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.
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Eight members of the election commission voted to accept DPS' objection, while seven voted against it. The session was not attended by a member of the commission 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", the Grbljanska Lista and the Democratic Alternative three each, the European Union two, and the Croatian Civic Initiative and the Kotor Movement one mandate each.
If the decision to repeat the elections is made again, DPS could "steal" one mandate from the coalition of Democrats and PES.
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