In the local elections, there will be electronic voting and counting in 3 municipalities
2023-01-30 18:42:12
TiranaPost
In the local elections on May 14, there will be at least 3 local units where voting and counting will be done electronically.
Unlike the previous election process, where the CEC was not given much time to include this obligation of the Electoral Code, this year the government has approved the additional fund for the institution that administers the elections so that this process can be extended further.
If in the elections of April 25, 2021 electronic voting and counting was carried out only in unit 10 in the capital, in the next elections it is expected that voting will be done this way in at least 3 municipalities.
The government has approved an additional fund in the 2023 budget for the Central Election Commission for this purpose.
The municipalities where the electronic voting and counting will be carried out will be decided by the CEC, but what is known is that one of them is the Municipality of Vora where it was also piloted in the partial local elections, while the other two are thought to be a large municipality and a small one.
Government decision:
1. To the Central Election Commission, in the approved budget for 2023, for the organization of elections for local self-government bodies, dated May 14, 2023, the fund of:
a) 1,993,610,933 (one billion, nine hundred and ninety-three million, six hundred and ten thousand, nine hundred and thirty-three) ALL, in the item "Current expenses" of the budget program 01620 "General and local elections".
b) 606,389,067 (six hundred and six million, three hundred and eighty-nine thousand and sixty-seven) ALL, in the item "Capital expenses", of the budget program 01620 "General and local elections".
2. The financial effect, determined according to point 1, of this decision, is borne by:
a) 1,800,000,000 (one billion eight hundred million) ALL from the reserve fund of the state budget to cover the cost of the elections, approved for the year 2023;
b) 800,000,000 (eight hundred million) ALL from the reserve fund of the state budget for unforeseen cases of the general government units, approved for the year 2023.
