There has been a lot of talks on social networks and media recently about whether party activists can knock on citizens’ doors asking them for whom they will vote. The question that has logically arisen is whether a door-to-door campaign is allowed or not.
Erasing the line between state and party interests, and a strong commitment of government representatives to use state institutions as a means to secure support to the ruling party and to build a personality cult around Aleksandar Vučić, with contributions by mainstream media, marked the “campaign before the campaign”, as shown by the CRTA Election…
On February 4th, Members of Parliament adopted a set of new laws regulating the conduct of the election process. These laws came into force on February 7th, meaning that the changes were adopted just before the calling of the election campaign, and less than two months before the election day announced for April 3, 2022….
On the basis of 98 percent of processed sample, a total of 57,4 percent of citizens who voted “for” the confirmation of the act on changing the Constitution of the Republic of Serbia, while a total of 41,6 percent of voters voted “against” constitutional changes, the CRTA’s observation mission reported. Margin of error with confidence interval of 95% was +/- 2,4 percent. Invalid ballots numbered a total of 1 percent of ballots.
A total of 27,6 percent of voters registered in the voters registry voted in referendum on constitutional changes in the part related to the judiciary by 7 pm, the CRTA’s observation mission stated. Margin of error with confidence interval of 95% was +/- 1,3 percent.
CRTA’s observation mission assesses the poor quality in the conduct of the voting process in the first part of the day, reflecting in inadequate preparation of polling stations (8%) and breaches of voting procedures outside of polling stations (6%). On significant number of polling stations – almost 30%, all members of polling boards were not present at the polls opening, representing the inadequate preparedness of bodies authorized to conduct the voting process.
A total of 12 percent of voters registered in the voters registry voted in referendum on constitutional changes in the part related to the judiciary by 1 pm, the CRTA’s observation mission stated. Margin of error with confidence interval of 95% was +/- 0,5 percent.
A total of 3,8 percent of voters registered in the voters registry voted in referendum on constitutional changes in the part related to the judiciary by 10 am, the CRTA’s observation mission stated. Margin of error with confidence interval of 95% was +/- 0,4 percent.
CRTA has formed an observation mission for the upcoming 2022 elections, and has begun to observe the period leading up to the official start of the election campaign. Our long-term observation will be focused on the work of state institutions and potential law changes, reporting of televisions with national coverage and local media, as well…
