The results of the observation of the Common Cause PF over the mobile voting at the elections of deputies of the Jogorku Kenesh on November 27, 2021
BISHKEK, 2021, November 28. The Public Foundation "Common Cause" conducts non-partisan observation of the elections of deputies of the Jogorku Kenesh. 600 short-term observers monitor the electoral process at 300 polling stations selected at random.
On the eve of November 27, mobile voting took place at 179 of the 300 polling stations monitored.
At all PECs, empty mobile boxes were shown to non-partisan observers in a single-member constituency and in 178 of 179 PECs in a single-district constituency.
At 176 of 179 PECs, mobile boxes were sealed with the seal of the precinct election commission in the presence of an observer.
At 133 PECs, all recommendations / guidelines related to COVID-19 were followed when opening polling stations. At 43 PECs, recommendations were only partially observed, and at 5 PECs, the measures were not observed at all.
During the day, 138 PECs complied with COVID-19-related recommendations, 38 PECs only partially, and 3 did not comply at all.
There were no malfunctions of equipment for voter identification at 165 precincts; at 14 PECs, from 1 to 5 voters could not vote due to the equipment failures for identification.
Secrecy of voting was respected at 177 out of 179 PECs.
At 177 PECs out of 179, the mobile ballot box was sealed after the completion of the mobile voting.
At all 179 PECs, an act on the end of the mobile voting in a single-member constituency was drawn up, at 178 PECs out of 179, an act was drawn up on the end of mobile voting in a single district constituency.
Only at one PEC there were cases of obstruction of observation or obtaining the necessary information for observation.
At two PECs, there were complaints about the mobile voting process by electoral participants.
At two PECs, serious irregularities were observed that could affect the voting results.
On the day of mobile voting, 12 facts of violations were received from the foundation's observers, including 3 facts about campaigning on the day of silence, 2 facts about the presence at PECs of persons who cannot be at the polling station on the election day, 2 facts about the absence of safes for placement of the mobile boxes, 1 fact stating that the data of retired candidates was not crossed out in the ballots, 1 fact about the pressure on the voter, 1 fact about the absence of an entry in the registration log of the voters who voted on the mobile voting, 1 fact stating that the mobile boxes were not sealed, and 1 fact about the discrepancy between the number of voters on the final check and the list of voters.
The Foundation continues to monitor the elections.
