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19-Mar-2023
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CDT: By 12 o'clock, 29 percent of voters voted, CEMI: Two members of the electoral committee in Zeta keep a special record of voters

Presidential elections are being held in Montenegro today, and all polling stations have just opened.
Seven candidates will participate in this year's race for president, and polling stations will be open until 8 p.m.
The current president of the country and the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) Milo Đukanović, leader of the New Serbian Democracy Andrija Mandić, president of the Democrats Aleksa Bečić, leader of the United Montenegro Goran Danilović, one of the leaders of the Europe Now Movement Jakov Milatović, MP of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) are participating in the election race ) Draginja Vuksanović-Stanković and influencer Jovan Radulović.
542,154 citizens have the right to vote in the presidential elections - the most in Podgorica - 143,608, and the least in Šavnik - 1,777.
This is the fourth presidential election since the restoration of independence and the eighth since the introduction of the multiparty system.
The candidate who received more than half of the valid votes of the voters who voted will be elected President of Montenegro. If no candidate receives that number of votes, a second round of elections will be held in 14 days - on April 2.
The two candidates who received the largest number of votes will participate in the second election round. In the second round, the candidate who received the highest number of votes will be elected as the president of the state.
Until now, the presidents of Montenegro were Momir Bulatović, Filip Vujanović and Milo Đukanović.
The president is elected for five years.
Photographing and publishing ballots on social networks
CEMI observers and citizens continue to report cases of mobile phones being used at polling stations and ballots being photographed (and posted on social media).
CEMI: The polling station in Nikšić looks like a neglected storeroom and is difficult to find
Polling station number 7 in Nikšić was moved to a new location for these elections - JP communal - work unit Čistoća. Now, according to CEMI, the polling station is very far from the voter's place of residence and is difficult to find, and the space is in poor condition and looks like a neglected storage room.
Polling stations in Bijelo Polje, Bar and Ulcinj are not adapted for persons with disabilities
CEMI reports that some polling stations in Bijelo Polje, Bar and Ulcinj are not adapted for the unhindered access of persons with disabilities.
CEMI reports that a committee member has left the polling station in Masline.
While the polling station is open and voting is in progress, all members of the polling committee or their deputies must be present at the polling station - they emphasized in the announcement.
CEMI reports that the Montenegrin flag is not visibly displayed in Igalo at polling stations 15 and 17.
Authorized persons in Nikšić pronounce the names of voters out loud, reports CEMI.
A citizen who received an invitation to vote and whose polling station is Kolašin - Center for Culture, could not vote at this polling station, reports CEMI.
Namely, the electronic apparatus did not recognize him as a voter of this polling station.
The presidential candidate of the Democratic Party of Socialists and the current president of Montenegro, Milo Đukanović, exercised his right to vote in the presidential elections.
M. J.

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