The Promo-LEX OM for the General Local Elections of 5 November 2023 notes a total of 659 alerts reported by observers, until 14:00. The central team of the Promo-LEX OM processed 314 cases with incident status, of which 270 incidents are included in this release.
Discontinuation of the shooting of electoral operations during the voting day – 37 cases.
PS 1/269 Chisinau, Vatra. Between 7:40 and 8:50, the video camera was disconnected. According to the observer, it recorded only the PS preparation (sealing of ballot boxes, protocol filling in) and was disconnected for technical reasons.
PS 1/300 Chisinau, Tohatin. At 06:20, the video camera was mounted on the tripod and working. At 06:25, a man approached, took the camera and left. According to the PEB president, it was not operational. At 07:13, the camera was brought in and put back into operation.
PS 19/3 Glodeni, Glodeni. Between 7:15 and 7:40, the video camera was disconnected. It was replaced by another, the shooting process was resumed.
PS 1/99 Chisinau, Buiucani. The video camera was turned on from the start of the electoral operations for opening the polling station. However, the operators noticed at 07:35 that the video camera was not recording the voting process and restarted the recording.
PS 1/101 Chisinau, Buiucani. At 7:40, the Promo-LEX observer was informed by one of the operators that after the process of sealing the ballot boxes was recorded, the video camera was disconnected, because they do not have enough memory to shoot all day long, but they called the CEC and informed thereabout. Later, the camera was connected but not recording. At 08:57, the camera remained disconnected. The recording process will be restarted when the ballot boxes are unsealed and the votes are counted.
PS 21/17 Danceni, Ialoveni. At 8:15, the shooting process was interrupted, the camera was disconnected; the operator argued that the camera shoots only the moment of sealing and unsealing of the ballot boxes.
PS 34/26 Telenesti, Mindresti. At 07:35, the video camera was disabled by the PEB president. The president argued that it will activate when the polling station closes. None of the PEB members, observers or representatives objected or asked for explanations.
PS 2/24, Balti. At 8:16, the video recording process stopped, later it turned out to be because the video camera discharged. At 8:18, they intervened and the camera was rebooted.
PS 27/39 Riscani, Recea. The video camera was not recording the voting process. Although it was connected, the operators were unable to remove the technical problem. The failure was noticed by the PEB president. The video camera has been removed from the stand, and the PEB representatives are waiting for another camera to be brought.
PS 35/59 Pirlita, Ungheni. The camera is damaged, it has not been possible to use it since opening. The PS opening process was shot by a PEB member with a mobile phone camera. At 9:30, the video camera in the PS was not operational and other solutions have not yet been identified.
PS 30/41 Sireti, Straseni At 7:45, the video recording was interrupted for technical reasons. At 9:30, a new camera was installed.
PS 30/13 Straseni, Codreanca. Between 08:35 and 09:00, the video camera was not operational because the battery was low.
PS 11/37 Cimislia, Mihailovca. Between 07:45 and 08:15, the video camera was not operational. The camera was activated later.
PS 1/157 Chisinau, Ciocana. At 09:00, it was noticed that the video camera was not shooting. The observer asked a PEB member and they found that it was disconnected from the power supply. The camera was activated later.
PS 7/17 Cahul, Alexandru Ioan Cuza. At 08:50, the shooting process was ordered to be stopped at the proposal of a PEB member and with the consent of the PEB president. The reason given was that the camera did not have enough memory, and they had no spare memory sticks, respectively, they will prioritize and reconnect the camera when the votes are counted.
PS 2/31 Balti. At 08:40, the observer noticed that the video camera was disconnected, due to the discharged battery. The failure was removed at 08:59, respectively, the camera was not operational for about 20 minutes.
PS 1/186 Chisinau, Ciocana. At 09:01, the camera was disconnected for 3-5 minutes because it discharged. The charger was brought in later and they connected it back.
PS 1/ 150 Chisinau, Ciocana. Due to technical problems, the video camera was disabled at 08:05. According to the PEB president, that camera will be replaced during the day.
PS 2/19 Balti. The video camera was not operational since 7:05, it heats up and disconnects automatically. The PEB president reported that after the discussion with the CEC representatives, they said to “leave it as it was”. Accordingly, the voting process is not video recorded.
PS 2/34 Balti. At 08:50, it was found that the video camera did not record the voting process.
PS 8/1 Cantemir, Cantemir. The shooting process was interrupted for 20 min, during which cameras were replaced (the first one was defective).
PS 22/39 Leova, Tochile-Raducani. Although it was shooting, the video camera was not located in the immediate vicinity of the ballot box.
PS 11/36 Cimislia, Mihailovca. Although it was shooting, the video camera was not located in the immediate vicinity of the ballot box.
PS 25/10 Orhei, Orhei. At 9:10, the video camera stopped recording. The PEB president announced that it was not necessary for the camera to record all day long, only the PS opening procedure. Likewise, the PEB president announced that the video camera had to be charged.
PS 1/78 Buiucani, Chisinau. The video camera has disconnected because it has no effective space to record further. It was not operational since 10:03 and is still. That was noticed by observers and PEB members, and the PEB president mentioned that the shooting process will resume when the votes are counted.
PS 01/17, Chisinau, Botanica. The camera that was supposed to record the electoral process all day long was not located in the PS premises (the camera is missing).
PS 22/4, Leova. At 08:53, the video camera was disconnected, with the consent of the PEB president. When asked about the reason for the disconnection, he communicated that that was required by the district council and the camera will be turned on when the votes are counted.
PS 01/124, Chisinau, Centru. The camera was disconnected because it discharged, and only the camera mount was in the PS premises. The PEB president informed that the camera will be connected at the end of the voting process, having reasoned that the camera was only needed at the opening and closing of the PS.
PS 01/34, Chisinau, Botanica. At 11:00, due to full memory, the video camera stopped shooting the voting process.
PS 35/3 Ungheni, Ungheni. At 11:13, the observer noticed that the video camera stopped recording. The PEB operator argued that it did not have enough memory.
PS 1/155 Chisinau, Ciocana. At 9:17, the video camera discharged and was not shooting the voting process for about 40 minutes. The PEB president was notified thereof by an observer and brought the charger to have the camera connected again.
PS 2/54 Balti. From 7:00 to at least 12:00, the video recording camera was not operational. The PEB president announced the responsible persons. Until the given moment, the deficiency has not been removed.
PS 25/61 Orhei, Pohrebeni. At 11:17, it was found that the shooting process was stopped. The PEB president mentioned that the memory card is full.
PS 25/61 Orhei, Pohrebeni. The shooting process has been stopped because the memory card was full.
PS 29/71 Soroca, Visoca. The shooting process has been interrupted because the camera disconnected.
PS 27/14 Riscani, Borosenii Noi. During MT’s stay in the PS, the shooting process was interrupted.
PS 34/18 Telenesti, Codru Nou. During MT’s stay in the PS, the shooting process was interrupted.
Electoral campaigning or adverse promotion in the 100 m perimeter and/or in the polling station to influence voters’ choice – 11 cases.
PS 01/66, Chisinau, Botanica. A voter entered the PS premises with a bag on which the name of a political party was written. The PEB president noticed it and asked him to hide it on election day. The voter had complied with, voted and left the PS.
PS 18/33, Gura Camencii, Floresti. A voter entered the PS premises with electoral materials promoting candidates. The president warned him that this is forbidden, and materials have been removed.
PS 1/101 Chisinau, Buiucani. At 7:52, a voter entered the polling station with the slogan “We are voting European Chisinau”! Be patriots, let’s work for Stefan. The reaction of the PEB president followed immediately, who asked him to stop the campaigning. The incident lasted about 3-4 minutes. The voter exercised his right to vote.
PS 12/3 Criuleni, Criuleni. At 9:04, the representative of a party in the PEB offered consultations for 2 voters. The PEB members had no objections toward him.
PS 25/38 Ivancea, Orhei. At 8:40, members and supporters of a party were at a distance of a little over 100 meters from the polling station. They encouraged persons coming for voting to boycott the elections. The PEB president moved towards those persons, but since she was more than 100 meters away from the polling station, she could not intervene. The police approached and spoke with those persons.
PS 1/297 Chisinau, Stauceni. Before casting his vote, the voter exclaimed that he was voting with a certain party.
PS 35/62 Ungheni, Radenii Vechi. The candidate of a party made electoral campaigning in favor of the party he represents by saying out loud the option he is voting for.
PS 01/28, Chisinau, Botanica. A voter revolted loudly to the “Withdrawn” stamp applied against a party and expressed his desire to vote for it.
PS 01/4, Chisinau, Botanica. A group of 3 persons, two women and a man, distributed leaflets within a radius of 100 m. When it was an attempt to obtain the respective materials, the mentioned persons moved away.
PS 01/48, Chisinau, Botanica A voter asked loudly PEB members to show him where a certain politician was on the list. They did not react, asking him to exercise his right to vote quietly.
PS 2/27 Balti. At 12:15, a voter entered the polling station with electoral leaflets of a party, which he placed on the table. PEB representatives reacted immediately and asked the voter to collect them and not to show them.
Deficiencies in voters’ lists (address discrepancies, deceased voters, signatures instead of others) – 22 cases.
PS 01/143, Chisinau, Centru. A voter was not identified in the basic voters’ list. When checking the residence visa registration date, it was found that it is older than 3 months. As a result, he was allowed to vote, being included in the supplementary list.
PS 1/181 Chisinau, Ciocana. At 7:18, a voter was not allowed to vote because he was not included in the list. The voter has not changed his residence visa since 2020 and was not given a reason why he cannot vote. He did not write any appeal, he just left the PS. The PEB president approached the voter and the operator, but the problem was not resolved because the voter wanted to leave.
PS 2/20 Balti. At 7:46, a voter was not found in the voters’ list, although she is registered with the respective polling station according to her residence visa. In the previous elections, she had a similar situation. The voter was included in the supplementary list.
PS 1/95 Buiucani, Chisinau. A voter identified that other persons are registered in the voters’ lists at his home address. Shortly after the exercise of the vote, the man returned to the PS, requesting the list to be presented to him to verify who the persons are. The president refused him, having stated that they are personal data.
PS 2/28 Balti. At 10:10, a voter did not found to have been registered at the respective polling station either in the SAIS Elections or in the basic voters’ lists. At the same time, his residence visa dates back to 2018: In the SAIS Elections, he is registered with the polling station according to the old residence visa. The PEB president made the decision to have him added to the supplementary list.
PS 14/7 Drochia, Drochia. A voter noticed that her husband, who has been deceased for two years, is also in the list of voters. The president recommended the voter to contact the LPA.
PS 1/232 Riscani, Chisinau. At 11:35, the voter was not found in the list for the Riscani sector, he was registered in the Centru sector. At the decision of the PEB president and through a change in the database, voter was allowed to vote.
PS 1/215 Riscani, Chisinau. The voter was not in the basic lists of voters, he was included in the supplementary list.
PS 23/38, Nisporeni, Varzaresti. Two voters were not found in the basic voters’ lists, being included in the supplementary voters’ lists.
PS 01/21, Chisinau, Botanica. At the stage of checking the voter’s identity document, the SAIS Elections operator informed the voter that the information system communicated the restriction of the right to vote for that voter. The voter had the residence (indicated in the identity card) corresponding to the respective PS, where he also voted in the previous elections. The operator said that he did not find such a case in his training. The PEB secretary called the superiors, who informed her that the voter should be given the ballot paper and the opportunity to vote, after signing a declaration on his own responsibility.
PS 01/5, Chisinau, Botanica. A voter who, according to the identity card, had an address in the PS radius, according to the SAIS Elections, had a residence visa in Tiraspol municipality. He was not found in the basic voters’ lists, being included in the supplementary list.
PS 01/36, Chisinau, Botanica. One voter was not found in the basic voters’ list, being included in the supplementary list.
PS 01/119, Chisinau, Centru. A voter refused to vote because she indicated in the voters’ lists that other persons were registered in her apartment. The PEB president explained to her that it is not within the PEB’s competence to remove the respective persons.
PS 01/127, Chisinau, Centru. A voter was notified by the operators of the SAIS Elections that he has special voting restrictions according to art. 160 of the Electoral Code (change of home address). According to PEB members, the street the voter lives on was renamed about a year ago. Respectively, the voter has in the identity card the address with the current name, and in the SAIS – the address with the old name. In the end, the voter voted.
PS 01/128, Chisinau, Centru. One voter was not found in the basic voters’ lists, although he was identified in the SAIS Elections. He voted on the supplementary lists.
PS 01/128, Chisinau, Centru. One voter, with the same address since 1997, was not found in the basic voters’ lists, although he was identified in the SAIS Elections. He voted on the supplementary lists.
PS 23/38, Nisporeni, Varzaresti. One voter was not found in the basic voters’ lists, although the address in the identity document corresponds to the PS. He was included in the supplementary voters’ lists.
PS 01/128, Chisinau, Centru. A party representative voted on the supplementary list, without having a residence visa in the respective PS radius. He wrote a declaration on his own responsibility that he will not vote in another PS.
PS 21/17 Danceni, Ialoveni. The voter could not be identified in the database, the citizen claims that he has had a residence visa in the locality for 4 years and was able to vote in the previous elections. The PEB president recommended the person to go to PSA to get confirmation that he has a residence visa in Danceni.
PS 21/17 Danceni, Ialoveni. The voter with a residence visa in the locality was not found in the list of voters, both in the SAIS Elections and in the basic lists. PEB members redirected him to the Public Services Agency to obtain a residence confirmation certificate. The term since the voter had the residence visa in that locality was not mentioned.
PS 2/45 Balti. At 11:54, a voter entered; she wanted to vote but she was not allowed to because there was a signature next to her name and surname. According to the voter, she had not appeared recently, and it was not indicated in the SAIS Elections that she had voted.
PS 2/39 Balti. At 10:47, a voter approached the operator. The person was not included in the voters’ lists, although she had a residence visa at that address since 2016. It is mentioned that there were similar problems in each election. The PEB president called this time the PSA (passport office), and they decided to add her to the supplementary list, as her documents are valid. Since the opening of the polling station, there have been 2 similar situations.
Deficiencies in the functioning of the SIAS Elections System (suspension of operation, situations when SIAS Elections System indicates that the voter voted, and s/he claims not to) – 21 cases.
PS 01/70, Chisinau, Botanica. At 08:20, due to Internet connection deficiencies and, respectively, the interrupted operation of the SAIS Elections, a Moldtelecom representative came to the PS premises to solve that problem.
PS 1/133, Chisinau, Centru. A voter who is in the PS radius, has changed his residence from 8 August 2023. That is why, there were discrepancies between the voters’ lists and the SAIS Elections. He was not registered in the basic voters’ lists, and it appeared in the SAIS Elections that he had already voted at the previous PS (where he had initially appeared to vote, but where he was directed to the correct PS). In the end, the voter was allowed to vote on the supplementary voters’ lists.
PS 01/131, Chisinau, Centru. At about 07:50, an elderly voter appeared at the PS. When checking her identity card, the SAIS operator informed her that she was registered to have voted at the nearby PS. The voter denied that she voted, having stated that she presented her identity card at the previous PS, and the SAIS operator informed her that she was not found in the voters’ lists from that PS. The PEB president and the SAIS operator informed her that she was already included in the database as a person who voted and they refused to issue her a ballot paper.
PS 1/250 Chisinau, Codru. Between 7:30 and 7:55, the SAIS Elections was not operational due to the internet disconnection. Voters who were found in the list according to the address in the identity card have voted. The rest of the persons waited for the internet connection to be restored so they could be checked into the system.
PS 36/42 TAUG, Chiriet-Lunga. Between 7:30 and 8:50, the electricity was disconnected at least 3 times for 5 minutes. During the first disconnection, voters could not be verified in the SAIS Elections, but they were allowed to vote. According to the PEB president, the disconnection is due to the rains in the evening of 4 November 2023, as works were being carried out to restore the electricity network.
PS 1/112 Buiucani, Chisinau. At 07:49, a voter approached, when he was checked by the operator, the SAIS system gave an error. PEB members identified him in the list of voters, according to the address, told him to wait until the problem is solved. Then 3 more persons approached, for whom the SAIS also gave an error. Everyone was waiting at that moment inside the polling station. At 08:28, the problem was resolved and persons voted.
PS 25/45 Malaiesti, Orhei. At the opening of the PEB, the SAIS Elections was not operational, there was no internet connection, all voters were registered in a book to be transcribed into the computer. At 8:30, the connection was restored and the data written down by hand were transcribed.
PS 30/32 Panasesti, Straseni. At 8:35, the internet connection was lost for a few minutes. Only one operator connected to a portable Wi-Fi modem. An operator could not connect to the Internet for 15 minutes, the problem was solved later and the electoral process was not affected.
PS 1/112 Buiucani, Chisinau. At 08:47, the operation of the SAIS Elections was suspended due to a technical error. 5 voters gathered in the polling station and were waiting to vote. The problem was solved in about 10 minutes.
PS 1/248 Chisinau, Codru. In the SAIS Elections, no voter was found who, according to the documents, had a residence visa in Codru since 2010.
PS 2/19 Balti. At 8:35, the voter was not identified in the SAIS Elections. However, he was identified in the basic list and allowed to vote.
PS 2/22 Balti. At 8:30, a voter was checked in the SAIS Elections, and the “restricted” status appeared. Following the PEB president’s consultation with the CEC, the voter was included in the supplementary lists and was allowed to vote.
PS 2/39 Balti. Deficiencies with access to the Internet have been found, and operators cannot work with the SAIS Elections. They wrote all the data on paper and compared once an hour whether the number of those who voted coincided with their list. By 9:50, the problem was resolved.
PS 2/19 Balti. At 10:14 am, two voters registered at the same address were not identified in the SAIS Elections, but they were included in the basic list, respectively they were allowed to vote.
PS 1/100 Buiucani, Chisinau. Around 10:50, a voter approached the operator to be checked. According to the SAIS Elections data, the vote was already registered in the voter’s name. The PEB president explained to the voter about the impossibility of voting repeatedly. The person continued to claim that he had never voted. Eventually, the person left the polling station.
PS 1/116, Chisinau, Centru. A voter approached the SAIS Elections operator, who identified that he appears in the database without a domicile/residence address, although according to the identity document the indicated address is within the PS radius. The PEB president recommended him to contact PSA to clarify the situation. The voter did not vote.
PS 30/37 Romanesti, Straseni. When a voter appeared to the operator, he was informed that he had already voted according to the SAIS Elections data. It was found to be a technical error and the voter was allowed to vote.
PS 2/56 Balti. At 12:46, the voter was not identified in the SAIS Elections by the operator. The residence visa had been changed and the data had not been updated. She was not even found in the basic list of voters. The voter was added to the supplementary list and allowed to vote.
PS 18/29 Floresti, Ghindesti. Although they were found in the basic voters’ lists, 5 persons were included in the supplementary voters’ lists on the grounds that they were not found in the SAIS Elections.
PS 7/54 Cahul, Rosu. A voter could not be identified in the SAIS Elections (based on IDNP) nor on the CEC page. Although he has been living within the PS radius for several years, his right to vote was denied.
PS 25/56 Orhei, Peresecina. Between 7:40 and 8:40, the SAIS Elections was not operational because there was no internet connection. The voting process was not stopped.
Unjustified presence of unauthorized persons in the polling station or within 100 m – 15 cases.
PS 28/04, Singerei. The candidate designated for the position of mayor, entered the PS with his daughter, to bring her as an observer from a party. The PEB president told him to leave the PS and that his daughter could not be an observer, but only a representative of the party. The electoral candidate left the PS, and the representative remained to follow the electoral procedures.
PS 20/15, Hincesti, Caracui. At 06:54, until the opening of the PS, the candidate designated by a party for the position of mayor was in the PS premises talking with the PEB members. Later, around 8 o’clock, for a period of about an hour, he was near the PS, where he talked with the voters who came to vote. He also approached the Promo-LEX observer, asking him who he was, on what basis and if he voted.
PS 1/293 Chisinau, Gratiesti. Between 6:50 and 8:00, the principal of the high school where the PS is located was found in the PS premises.
PS 1/245 Chisinau, Riscani. At 6:57, 2 persons appeared at the polling station, one of whom declared that he was an observer from a party, but did not present any confirmation document, only his identity card. The president informed him that he did not have the right to attend without confirmation or accreditation. Following a telephone conversation between the PEB president and one of the party’s representatives, the president stated that file of the person in question has been submitted to be confirmed as a representative and allowed him to attend the opening of the polling station without handing him an ID card.
PS 1/199 Riscani, Chisinau. At 08:50, 2 persons entered the PS premises, consulted in the same voting booth who to vote for. PEB members did not react to the incident.
PS 25/73 Susleni, Orhei. At 8:53, a candidate for mayor was observed outside the polling station. After some time, the PEB president got involved and asked the person to get away from the polling station. The unauthorized person left immediately.
PS 2/1 Balti. At 9:03, an unauthorized person was detected at the PS 2/1, he was within a radius of less than 100 m and greeted voters, communicated with them. He was a Russian-speaking person with a bag, he approached practically every voter, especially the elderly under the pretext of driving them to/from the door of the polling station. According to the PEB president, that person was neither an observer nor a representative of a candidate. The PEB president notified the sector policeman, and the person was no longer in the vicinity of the polling station.
PS 1/281 Chisinau, Budesti. At 10:10, the candidate for mayor entered the polling station, having greeted the PEB president, then both went outside to communicate. Afterwards, the candidate left.
PS 35/62 Ungheni, Radenii Vechi. A party’s candidate was present in the PS premises until the voting process was declared open.
PS 1/218 Riscani, Chisinau. At 9:28, the observer saw that a car was parked next to the polling station and a person approached those going to the polling station and spoke to them. The observer notified the president, who called the police. The police arrived in no more than 1 minute.
PS 9/6 Calarasi, Calarasi. 2 persons were talking to the voters who were going to vote within 100 meters from the PS. The respective persons were there for about 30 min (10:10 – 10:40), after objections were made to them by the PEB president, they left.
PS 15/3, Dubasari, Corjova. At a distance of less than 100 meters, outside the PS, during 20 minutes, a representative of the party and a candidate for the position of district councilor discussed with the voters about the activity of the parties.
PS 15/3, Dubasari, Corjova. Outside the polling station within a radius of 100 m, at 10:46, the presence of the party deputy and a candidate running for district councilor was observed. The discussions they had were about politics, in general. The PEB president noticed their presence and alerted them, only after a few minutes.
PS 28/21, Singerei, Chiscareni. At about 9 o’clock, near the PS (approximately 40 meters), during 30 minutes, the candidate designated by the Party for the position of local councilor, and father of another electoral competitor, also designated for the position of local councilor by the respective party, met and discussed with each other.
PS 01/70, Chisinau, Botanica. The party representative had no accreditation and called someone to bring her accreditation. The PEB president recorded it in a notebook.
Presence of advertising materials, posters, electoral boards within the radius of the polling station (100 meters from the station) – 9 cases.
PS 25/45 Malaiesti, Orhei. Within the PS, there is an advertising material, a leaflet with the image of a politician, it is visibly placed on a shelf of a cabinet inside the PS.
PS 18/32 Floresti, Gura Camencii. Electoral materials of several competitors were found within 50 meters of the polling station.
PS 7/46 Cahul, Lebedenco. Electoral materials of a party were found within 100 meters of the polling station.
PS 4/29 Anenii Noi, Mereni. Posters of the independent candidate were found within 100 meters of the PS.
PS 29/56 Soroca, Septelici. A billboard promoting a party was observed near the polling station.
PS 33/3 Taraclia, Taraclia. Near the polling station, on the poles, electoral materials of a party were attached.
PS 21/1 Ialoveni, Ialoveni. Electoral board for posters was uncleaned. Leaflets belonging to about 5 competitors were on it.
PS 01/56, Chisinau, Botanica. Near the PS, a banner promoting the party’s candidates was displayed, placed on a balcony in a residential building, to the right of the sidewalk on which voters were moving towards the PS.
PS 7/18 Cahul, Andrusul de Jos. In the radius of 100 meters from PS, the presence of advertising materials in favor of a party was observed.
Violation of voting secrecy (photographing the ballot papers, presenting the ballot paper with the cast vote, faulty location of the voting booths that allow the voter’s option to be viewed, etc.) – 45 cases.
PS 1/198 Riscani, Chisinau. The Party representative had 2 lists on which she marked by name part of the persons who came to vote.
PS 01/66, Chisinau, Botanica. The Party representative kept record of the persons he knows. He had a notebook in which certain persons were marked by name.
PS 01/26, Chisinau, Botanica. At 08:25, a voter took a photo of the ballot paper, having been warned by PEB members that it was a violation. The picture has not been deleted.
PS 1/184 Chisinau, Ciocana. One of the voters, after exercising her right to vote, was corrected by one of the PEB members, while she was trying to place both ballot papers in the same ballot box, although she was explained preemptively that they had to be placed in separate ballot boxes. Later, the PEB member asked for and took the ballot papers that were put together, and separated them demonstratively, one for each ballot box, thus making the voter’s voting option visible to observers, representatives of political parties and the PEB president. The PEB president made an objection on that incident.
PS 1/243 Riscani, Chisinau. At 8:15, a voter took a photo of the ballot paper in the voting booth. He was not observed by the PEB members.
PS 1/92 Buiucani, Chisinau. Two persons, husband and wife, approached the same voting booth together. The wife voted, then took the husband’s ballot papers and stamped “Voted” on the ballot papers that belonged to him. The PEB president noticed that fact, the man’s ballot papers were canceled and he was offered other ballot papers to vote again.
PS 1/243 Riscani, Chisinau. A voter photographed the ballot paper while in the booth, before and after it was stamped.
PS 29/18 Soroca, Bulboci. A voter took a picture of the ballot paper. The PEB president made an objection to the voter. The voter reasoned that he did not know it was not allowed and left.
PS 1/289 Chisinau, Condrita. A woman photographed the ballot paper.
PS 1/292 Chisinau, Ghidighici. A voter photographed the ballot papers. Upon leaving the voting booth, at the request of the PEB president, the person deleted the photos.
PS 1/249 Chisinau, Codru. At 09:40, a woman photographed the ballot paper with the affixed stamp. At the request of the PEB president, the phone was checked by the police, the pictures were deleted.
PS 32/11 Stefan Voda, Copceac. A man, after casting his vote, when leaving the polling station, shot the voting process with his phone. From the discussion with the PEB president, he communicated that the man would have some objections to a member of the PS, who worked today.
PS 2/57 Balti. At the moment he took the ballot papers, the voter phoned (or was phoned) and went to the voting booth. He was warned by the PEB president and put the phone in his pocket.
PS 2/24 Balti. At 10:38, a voter took a picture of the ballot paper. The PEB president noticed and asked the voter to delete the picture and was convinced that the picture was deleted.
PS1/297, Chisinau, Stauceni. A man photographed the ballot papers, he was noticed by a representative of a party who made an objection to him. The man had an aggressive verbal reaction, when the PEB president intervened, he also showed aggressive language; the police was called later.
PS 25/41, Orhei, Jora de Mijloc. A voter did not fold the ballot papers when leaving the booth and put them in the ballot box so that his options were visible. The PEB president did not react.
PS 27/6 Riscani, Riscani. The voting booths were located next to the window, which would allow a potential viewing of the ballot papers from outside.
PS 35/62 Ungheni, Radenii Vechi. The party’s candidate was photographed with the unfolded ballot paper. He intentionally made his option visible.
PS 1/223 Riscani, Chisinau. A voter, because she did not understand why there were two separate ballot papers, went out and went to ask the PEB president. She expressed her choice by showing the ballot paper, where it was visible who she voted for. Then she went back to the booth and voted on the second ballot as well.
PS 1/102 Buiucani, Chisinau. At 10:32, two voters, from the same family, were talking to each other while casting their vote on the ballot paper, the husband showed to his wife where and which party to vote on the ballot paper. The PEB president made an objection to them and mentioned that that was prohibited.
PS 1/211 Riscani, Chisinau. A voter, after applying the stamp to one of the ballot papers, exited the voting booth and having held the ballot paper in sight asked what the second ballot paper was for, but it was also visible on the first ballot paper whom he voted for. A PEB member explained to him what the second ballot paper was for without making any objections, then the given person went again to vote on the second ballot paper.
PS 1/105 Buiucani, Chisinau. The voter noted that the stamp was leaking and presented the ballot paper to the PEB president to ask if the vote was valid or not. The PEB president told him that his vote was valid and allowed him to throw the ballot paper into the ballot box.
PS 1/81 Buiucani, Chisinau. In the voting booth, the voter took a picture of the ballot paper. The PEB member warned him. He didn’t want to delete the picture from his phone.
PS 1/90 Buiucani, Chisinau. In the voting booth, the voter took a photo of the ballot paper. The PEB president noticed that and made a remark to that effect.
PS 1/94 Buiucani, Chisinau. In the voting booth, the voter took a photo of the ballot paper. PEB members did not make any remarks in that regard.
PS 1/241 Riscani, Chisinau. At 11:48, inside the polling station, a person was observed who, while voting, took out his phone and photographed his ballot papers. The person put the ballot papers in the ballot box and left. The PEB members and PEB president did not react in any way.
PS 01/17, Chisinau, Botanica. After applying the “Voted” stamp to the ballot paper, a voter showed the ballot paper to those present in the PS premises. The voter was not notified of the violation.
PS 01/29, Chisinau, Botanica. A voter, before putting the ballot paper in the ballot box, took a picture. For that violation, a PEB member made an objection to him.
PS 01/147, Chisinau, Centru. A voter, being in the voting booth, took pictures of the ballot papers, after which he inserted them into the ballot box. PEB members did not notice the incident.
PS 01/147, Chisinau, Centru. A voter, after applying the “Voted” stamp on the ballot paper, did not fold it and at the time of putting it in the ballot box, displayed it so that the chosen candidate was visible, having given a nod to the Party representative.
PS 01/1, Chisinau, Botanica. A video surveillance camera is located behind the voting booths in the PS premises. The PEB president informed that that camera was the installation of the gymnasium and shot only during study hours. However, there was no certainty that the camera was not operational.
PS 01/53, Chisinau, Botanica. A voter went outside with the ballot paper without being noticed by PEB members and returned after 2 minutes. Having been noticed by the PEB president, it was explained to her that such actions were not allowed, after which she was allowed to vote.
PS 25/23 Chiperceni, Orhei. The voter was registered in the SAIS Elections, after the voter passed to the operator, he did not vote immediately. He went outside, discussed with a woman coming out of the PS who told him who to vote for. The voter returned to the PS, took the ballot paper and voted.
PS 31/15 Dobrusa, Soldanesti. The voter took photos of the ballot papers, and PEB members noticed that and forced the person to delete the photos taken. The person concerned complied with.
PS 6/3 Briceni. At 10:10, a voter in the voting booth, after applying the Voted stamp, photographed the ballot papers. The Promo-LEX observer notified the PEB president, and she made an objection to the person who photographed the ballot papers.
PS 36/15 TAUG, Ceadir-Lunga. At 10:41, a voter took a photo of the ballot paper. The PEB president insisted on deleting the picture and verified that fact.
PS 1/163 Chisinau, Ciocana. At 10:24, the AFSM representatives registered the voters present at the voting. The PEB president claimed that she will not prevent this, because the correctness of the vote counting will be checked in this way.
PS 1/149 Chisinau, Ciocana. At 10:04, a voter took a photo of the ballot paper and was noticed by PEB members. Earlier, at the registration, he expressed his indignation regarding the application of the Withdrawn stamp and the impossibility of voting for the chosen candidate.
PS 1/166 Chisinau, Ciocana. At 09:43, a voter took a photo of the ballot paper. Neither the PEB president nor any other member was able to notice that.
PS 2/45 Balti. Between 11:05-11:35, two voters photographed the ballot papers. The PEB president did not notice or intervene.
PS 2/13 Balti. At 11:23, a voter took a photo of the ballot paper. The PEB president noticed him, called the police and his ballot paper was cancelled. The voter voted repeatedly without incident.
PS 2/57 Balti. At 12:28, the voter took a picture, after putting the stamp on the ballot papers, the President notices and asked to delete the picture.
PS 2/32 Balti. In the voting booth, the voter took a photo of the ballot paper. The PEB president reacted immediately and the voter, in the presence of her and the observers, deleted the picture from the phone.
PS 15/10 Dubasari, Molovata. A voter demonstrated to PEB members, after voting, that the stamp on the ballot paper was not clearly visible. Thus his option was also made public.
PS 32/6 Stefan Voda, Antonesti. After exercising the right to vote, towards the exit from PS, the voters discussed among themselves about their option.
Organized transportation of voters (buses, minibuses, or other transport units that would normally not be around the polling station) – 4 cases.
PS 1/218 Riscani, Chisinau. According to the Promo-LEX observer, the PEB president was informed by a representative, with pictures, about a car that brought persons to the PS in an organized manner.
PS 05/11, Basarabeasca, Bascalia. Voters were transported to the PS in an organized manner by a citizen with a Volkswagen car. It was seen carrying three middle-aged persons at least twice.
PS 2/42 Balti. At 10:44, a case of organized transport of voters was observed. 4 elderly women were brought to the polling station in a Toyota car (blue), having been expected to be taken back. That case was reported to the police.
PS 7/31 Cahul, Colibasi. The Baptist Church provided transportation to persons that went to the meeting to get to the PS.
Ballot boxes were not sealed according to legal procedures/ broken/damaged or missing seals on ballot boxes – 6 cases.
PS 01/7, Chisinau, Botanica. Stationary ballot boxes were sealed with only 2 seals.
PS 1/74 Buiucani, Chisinau. At 06:55, when the ballot box sealing procedure took place, the stationary ballot box was sealed with only 3 seals. Later, after the opening, at 08:05, the PEB president applied the last seal to the stationary ballot box.
PS 12/32 Criuleni, Pascani. Between 06:30 and 07:40 (while the mobile team was there), the mobile ballot box was not sealed.
PS 28/8 Singerei, Grigoresti. The ballot box was sealed with a single seal. The STO warned the PEB president, the problem was solved.
PS 29/56 Soroca, Septelici. The mobile ballot box was not sealed.
PS 29/71 Soroca, Visoca. By 12:01, the mobile ballot box was not sealed.
Unjustified group voting (two or more voters) – 60 cases.
PS 1/167 Chisinau, Ciocana. A voter entered another’s voting booth a few times, having commented on the choice they had to make (husband and wife). The PEB president and a representative of an electoral competitor made an objection to him.
PS 11/34 Lipoveni, Cimislia. At 08:45, two persons entered the voting booth, the PEB president intervened, but the persons were already in the voting booth and voted.
PS 12/37, Slobozia-Dusca, Criuleni. 2 persons voted in the same voting booth, and the persons did not react to the PEB president’s intervention.
PS 15/8 Dubasari, Holercani. Two persons voted together. The PEB president’s objection was late and they had already managed to vote.
PS 21/5 Ialoveni, Ialoveni. At 08:50, a mother and her son entered the voting booth. Although the woman appeared to have no impairments, the son insisted that she needed help. Despite the interdiction imposed by the president, the son helped the mother to vote by indicating for whom.
PS 25/52 Orhei, Nicolaieuca. The husband and wife unjustifiably voted together, without having any visible deficiencies and without asking the PEB president’s help or permission.
PS 1/184 Chisinau, Ciocana. At 9:12, a couple of voters entered the same voting booth and began to analyze the ballot paper, having mentioned that they were “choosing the party”. Following the PEB president’s objection, a voter changed his voting booth.
PS 2/55 Balti. At 9:25, two persons were in the voting booth at the same time (husband and wife) without having visual impairments or other problems that required support. The PEB president intervened and the persons complied, voting separately.
PS 2/59 Balti, Elizaveta. At around 8:50 am, the presence of 2 persons (husband and wife) was observed in a voting booth. The PEB president informed him that they were voting one person at a time, to which the voter responded in a brutal way. The reason given was that they cannot manage separately. In the end, they complied and voted separately.
PS 1/251 Chisinau, Cricova. At 10:35, two persons (husband and wife) who showed no signs of locomotor or visual impairments were consulting each other in the same booth. PEB members did not react to that incident.
PS 1/292 Chisinau, Ghidighici. Two persons who could vote unaccompanied were present at 10:19 in the voting booth. The president and members warned the persons, but to no avail.
PS 15/12 Dubasari, Oxentea. Two persons were in the voting booth at the same time, without justifiable reason. The reaction of the PEB members was lacking.
PS 25/34 Orhei, Ghetlova. Two persons voted simultaneously in a voting booth. They had no physical impairments.
PS 23/21 Nisporeni, Seliste. One voter helped another to vote. There was no justifiable reason for the group voting. The PEB president did not intervene.
PS 20/65 Hincesti, Sofia. A couple stood together in the voting booth for a few moments. The PEB president did not react. There was no reasonable ground for group voting.
PS 10/24 Copanca, Causeni. Two voters voted in the same voting booth, the PEB president intervened later, after they had already voted.
PS 11/25 Gura Galbenii, Cimislia. Within a few minutes, 2 groups of 2 persons voted together in the same booth subsequently. The PEB president warned the voters.
PS 21/42 Tipala, Ialoveni. Unjustified group voting was observed at 09:13. Specifically, two voters who showed no signs of special needs or vision problems entered a booth, having voted together. PEB members did not react to that situation.
PS 1/112 Buiucani, Chisinau. At 10:13, a visually impaired voter needed assistance, and the PEB president urged a representative or observer to accompany him to the voting booth. The voter was accompanied by a representative.
PS 1/74 Buiucani, Chisinau. Two voters entered the voting booth. The person who voted for the accompanied person also submitted the ballot papers in the ballot box for him. Neither member nor PEB president reacted and the given persons were left to vote together.
PS 1/211 Riscani, Chisinau. A voter entered the near polling booth, where there was another voter with whom they came together (husband and wife). PEB members warned about the violation.
PS 1/214 Riscani, Chisinau. At 11:45, two voters were in the same voting booth having discussed who to vote for. PEB members did not notice the given case and did not intervene.
PS 1/225 Riscani, Chisinau. At 11:39, in the polling station, unjustified group voting took place, the participants being the husband and the wife. The PEB intervened by making an objection to them.
PS 1/218 Riscani, Chisinau. Two persons entered the same voting booth. A representative from a party made an objection to them, but the PEB members did not notice the given moment.
PS 1/220 Riscani, Chisinau. Two persons voted in the group. PEB members did not notice the incident.
PS 1/229 Riscani, Chisinau. Two persons entered the voting booth, they did not react to the PEB president’s request and continued voting in the group.
PS 1/202 Riscani, Chisinau. At 10:18, two persons were in the voting booth, without one of them needing supplementary help for health reasons.
PS 1/244 Riscani, Chisinau. Two voters voted in the group in the same voting booth. The PEB president was not present in the PS.
PS 1/225 Riscani, Chisinau. Two persons entered the voting booth and voted. The PEB president did not notice the incident.
PS 1/229 Riscani, Chisinau. Two persons entered the voting booth, they did not react to the PEB president’s request and continued voting in the group.
PS 01/50, Chisinau, Botanica. 2 persons entered the voting booth at the same time, one of them giving directions to the other. As a result of the PEB president’s intervention, the person left the voting booth having shown aggressive behavior.
PS 01/50, Chisinau, Botanica. In the voting booth, there were two voters (father and son) having discussed the candidates on the ballot paper. Following the objections of the PEB member, the person explained that he was not giving instructions to influence the vote, but only helped a misunderstanding of the other voter.
PS 20/11, Hincesti, Bozieni. In the voting booth, a voter, after voting, talked/consulted with another voter in the adjacent voting booth. PEB members made an objection, but without any reaction from the voter.
PS 18/53, Floresti, Putinesti. Two voters, who were not relatives, were in the voting booth at the same time. Apparently, one of them was not clear about the lists and the companion explained to him which list and what it contained.
PS 01/20, Chisinau, Botanica. While having been in the voting booth, a voter approached another voter and asked him a question. That voter saw the ballot papers of the other voter in the booth.
PS 01/56, Chisinau, Botanica. A couple entered the PS. The husband entered the voting booth and the wife was by his side giving him directions. After the husband voted, he left the booth and then the wife entered the same booth. PEB members did not react.
PS 01/41, Chisinau, Botanica. Two voters were in the same voting booth. One of them reproached the other in a nasty way for not applying the “Voted” stamp where it should be. The president intervened and separated them.
PS 01/8, Chisinau, Botanica. Two voters – husband and wife – were together behind the ballot box, having discussed the choice. The PEB members made an objection to them. The woman stated that he was her husband and they have to make a joint decision. At the intervention of the PEB president, the woman left her husband’s voting booth.
PS 01/40, Chisinau, Botanica. An old woman accompanied by a man came to the PS around 08:34. The man entered the voting booth with the woman. The PEB president intervened and forbade them to vote as a group. The man refused to comply, having argued that the woman could not see well. When it was an attempt to give the voter a magnifying glass, they refused to apply it. As a result, the policeman was called who explained calmly the procedure to them. The man got angry and tore up the ballot papers, having left them on the ballot box. The torn ballot papers were put into a file and placed in the ballot box.
PS 01/25, Chisinau, Botanica. A young couple was together in the voting booth. After objections were made to them, they refused to vote separately, having reasoned that they would be husband and wife. In the end, they voted together.
PS 01/130, Chisinau, Centru. Two persons voted in the same voting booth (mother and daughter). One of the PEB members made an objection to them, but the mother reasoned that her daughter was voting for the first time and did not know the voting procedure. The PEB president allowed group voting.
PS 01/130, Chisinau, Centru. Two voters, husband and wife, voted simultaneously in one voting booth. PEB members did not react to that situation.
PS 01/148, Chisinau, Centru. Two voters entered a single voting booth at the same time to vote in the group. At the intervention of the PEB members, they separated.
PS 01/133, Chisinau, Centru. Two voters voted simultaneously in one voting booth. PEB members did not react to that situation.
PS 01/28, Chisinau, Botanica. Two voters, husband and wife, voted simultaneously in one voting booth. PEB members did not notice that situation (due to crowding in the PS premises).
PS 01/41, Chisinau, Botanica. Two voters in the same voting booth initially discussed, after which one of them voted. Afterwards, the PEB president intervened and separated them.
PS 01/53, Chisinau, Botanica. Two persons voted in the same voting booth. PEB members warned them, but to no avail.
PS 01/12, Chisinau, Botanica. Having been in the voting booths, two voters were talking to each other. After the intervention of the PEB members, they voted separately.
PS 01/12, Chisinau, Botanica. Two persons at the voting booth were talking to each other and finally voted together. The PEB members made no objection to them.
PS 17/58, Falesti, Risipeni. Two persons voted in the same voting booth. When the PEB members were notified, the voters did not react, having argued that they were part of the same family.
PS 9/30 Pitusca, Calarasi. Two voters voted in the same voting booth. None of those persons needed help. The incident was not noticed by PEB members.
PS 25/10 Orhei, Orhei. 2 persons were in the voting booth. The PEB president intervened and explained that they cannot vote in the same voting booth, afterwards the persons voted separately.
PS 35/57 Petresti, Ungheni. In the same voting booth, 2 voters voted simultaneously. The PEB president intervened and warned persons that they cannot vote in the same voting booth.
PS 4/26 Anenii Noi, Hirbovat. At 10:10, a man applied the stamp in place of the person who came to vote, and it was noted that they were either relatives or acquaintances. He offered his help, thus applying the stamp instead of another. No member of the PEB noticed the incident.
PS 1/162 Chisinau, Ciocana. At 10:57, two voters consulted each other in the voting booths. PEB members reacted and forbade the entry of two persons into the booth as well as the consultation between them. Those persons complied with the objections made.
PS 1/178 Chisinau, Ciocana. At 10:45, a voter came to vote and started to express his opinion and talk to a woman voter about the voting option. PEB members repeatedly tried to stop him from such action, but the voter continued the discussions.
PS 1/181 Chisinau, Ciocana. At 11:13, a voter was at the voting booth and another voter passed behind him and suggested which option to choose.
PS 1/186 Chisinau, Ciocana. At 11:15, a voter voted for herself and her mother. She stamped all the ballot papers herself. PEB members noticed the incident, but did not react in any way.
PS 2/9 Balti. At 10:37, the voter consulted with his daughter in the voting booth. At the PEB president’s objection, he reacted aggressively but complied, with difficulty.
PS 2/9 Balti. At 10:55, it was found that a voter was consulting with his mother regarding the voting option. The PEB president and secretary asked them to stop, and the voters complied.
Problematic situations regarding the use of ballot papers contrary to voting procedures – 19 cases
PS 1/164 Chisinau, Ciocana. At 09:15, a voter accompanied by a child, wanted to remove the ballot from the polling station, having tried to put the ballot paper in her child’s bag. The PS members made an objection in that regard to the voter. Thus, she put the ballot paper in the ballot box and left.
PS 2/51 Balti. At 9:30, after the ballot paper was handed to the voter, he refused to vote and tore up the ballot paper because he could not vote for the Party.
PS 2/17 Balti. At 9:02, a voter went outside, having left the ballot papers in the voting booth. The PEB president took the ballot papers and threw them into the ballot box, but the voter came back asking for the ballot papers to cast his vote, but he was refused on the grounds that he had abandoned his ballot papers in the booth.
PS 2/51 Balti. At 10:30, one of the PEB members found a ballot paper without a stamp in the ballot box. The ballot paper has been cancelled.
PS 2/11 Balti. At 8:44, the PEB president found a clean ballot paper in the voting booth, presented it to the observers and PEB members and declared that it had to be cancelled.
PS 1/292 Chisinau, Ghidighici. A vote was found in the voting booth at 09:02. The PEB president notified the PEB members and, with the permission of all members, put it in the ballot box.
PS 1/295 Chisinau, Ciorescu. A voter found a ballot paper without a stamp in the voting booth. One of the PEB members put the ballot paper in the ballot box.
PS 1/283 Chisinau, Ciorescu. At 10:00, a voter notified the PEB president that he found 2 unstamped ballot papers in the voting booth. The PEB president took the ballot papers and inserted them into the ballot box, having mentioned that they would be considered invalid upon counting.
PS 01/131, Chisinau, Centru. At 07:40, one of the PEB members in charge of voter registration and distribution of ballot papers was observed holding and removing ballot papers from the adjacent chair, practically under the table. Upon the request of the observer to place them on the table to see the distribution of the ballot papers, she refused, having stated that there was not enough space on the table and she did not see a problem in such a way of placing the ballot papers, as the record of the ballot papers was kept anyway.
PS 1/246 Chisinau, Codru. In the voting booth, a voter found a ballot paper forgotten by the previous voter. The ballot paper was sent to the PEB secretary. The PEB president and secretary in the presence of all persons decided to put it in the ballot box.
PS 1/230 Riscani, Chisinau. A woman and her 15-year-old child appeared at the polling station. The woman mentioned that the child had autism and he was forced to stay next to her. She entered with the child the voting booth, the president noticed and made an objection to her. The woman got into a conflict with the president, then the woman tore up the ballot paper and left the PS. The PEB president drew up minutes for the cancellation of the ballot papers.
PS 26/23, Rezina, Mateuti. A voter threw 4 ballot papers into the ballot box, although voting was based on only 3 ballot papers. It was not possible to identify the cause – either another voter forgot a ballot paper in the voting booth, or it was an error of the PEB members when issuing the ballot papers.
PS 01/66, Chisinau, Botanica. For unknown reasons, an elderly voter tore up the ballot papers and managed to insert them into the ballot box.
PS 01/117, Chisinau, Centru. A voter, after applying the stamp to the ballot paper, demonstratively tore it and tried to insert it into the ballot box, but was stopped by the PEB members. According to the PEB president, a protocol had to be drawn up thereby that ballot paper had to be cancelled.
PS 01/63, Chisinau, Botanica. Due to the fact that it was very crowded in the PS premises, two persons – after being registered in the SAIS Elections and taking the ballot papers – went outside. They returned after space was freed up in the PS. Voters were warned that that was not allowed.
PS 01/32, Chisinau, Botanica. A voter forgot a ballot paper in the voting booth, the PEB president found out, and it was decided to cancel it.
PS 2/18 Balti. At 10:23, a voter tore up the ballot papers and threw them down. That happened after he asked where the Party was in the ballot paper and received the answer that it was withdrawn. He also asked if he was an independent candidate from that party and was told no. The PEB president notified the police, they drew up a report on the deterioration of the ballot papers.
PS 2/22 Balti. At 12:43, a voter, after her ballot papers were issued, tore them up publicly and aggressively, having been angry that her party had left the PS, later a report was drawn up for the damaged ballot papers.
PS 2/52 Balti. At 12:20, a voter wanted to vote together with his wife, unjustifiably. He was not allowed to do so and showed himself aggressively in the polling station. He wanted to go outside with the ballot papers, but was stopped by the PEB member.
Violence or intimidation of voters or other people – 3 cases.
PS 18/2 Floresti, Floresti. A voter intimidated PEB members, having been dissatisfied with the exclusion of the Party from the contest. After about 10 minutes, the police officer intervened and calmed him down.
PS 32/11 Stefan Voda, Copceac. The voting process in the PS was disturbed by a woman about 45 years old, who behaved aggressively, insulted one of the SAIS operators with shouts. The PEB president made an objection and informed the police officer about that case. The voter did not vote, having been led to the exit by the PEB president.
PS 2/8 Balti. At 9:49, a man approached the voting booth where a woman was and initiated a discussion with her. The PEB president intervened, the man reacted aggressively. The PEB president warned that he would call the police and the man left.
Unjustified cessation/suspension of voting in the polling station – 2 cases.
PS 25/15 Orhei, Orhei. Between 07:03 and 07:45, the internet disappeared. About 40 voters had to wait over 40 minutes until the “Moldtelecom” team removed the malfunction.
PS 8/2 Cantemir, Cantemir. On the grounds that the wrong printing of the ballot papers for the District Councilors was identified for the PS 8/2, the voting was suspended. At 10:10, the electoral activity of the PS resumed. Voting for the District Council is done on ballot papers printed in Russian. As a temporary solution, in order not to disrupt the activity of the PS 8/2, the president of DEC II gave instructions to the president of the PS 8/1 to send 100 ballot papers to the PS 8/2.
Ballot papers not distributed to PEB members are not kept in a safe place – 1 case.
PS 25/43, Orhei, Jora de Mijloc. The unused ballot papers are kept inside the precinct, next to the president. The reason given was the lack of a safe, it was located at the City Hall. The PEB president stated that this has been done in all the years and they had no other solution.
Others – 5 cases.
PS 36/17 TAUG, Ceadir-Lunga. At 9:00, the PEB president handed out the vote counting minutes to the observers and representatives of the electoral contestants for filling in.
PS 30/16 Straseni, Cojusna. The SAIS Elections operator working in the polling station was running for the councilor from a party.
PS 25/23 Chiperceni, Orhei. The voter was denied the right to vote by the operator because he did not have the accompanying card of the new type of identity card.
PS 01/17, Chisinau, Botanica. Although there is an access ramp for persons with special needs, it turned out to be non-compliant. A voter traveling in a wheelchair had to be helped to move physically, thus creating difficulties in the voting process.
PS 01/116, Chisinau, Centru. A visually impaired voter received the ballot paper. Having difficulties in reading it, his wife intervened with the request of the PEB members’ permission to help him. PEB members refused the request, not offering the voter any supplementary light or special magnifying glass. One of the members offered the voter his own glasses, but he refused. In the end, the voter put the ballot paper in the ballot box without stamping it.
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