CEC BIH: ELECTION SILENCE TOMORROW BEFORE EARLY ELECTIONS FOR MAYOR OF MUNICIPALITY STARI GRAD SARAJEVO

SARAJEVO, OCTOBER 27 (ONASA) – Early elections for the mayor of Stari Grad Sarajevo Municipality will be held on Sunday, October 29, 2023.
Polling stations open at 7:00 and close at 19:00.
In accordance with the Instructions on the deadlines for election activities for the holding of early elections for the mayor of the Municipality of Stari Grad Sarajevo, the election silence begins 24 hours before the opening of the polling stations, i.e. at 7:00 on October 28 and lasts until the closing of the polls, i.e. until 19:00 on October 29 in 2023.
The Central Election Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina certified the candidacies of Irfan Čengić (SDP-Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina) and Dženan Selimbegović (SDA-Democratic Action Party) to participate in the early elections for the mayor of the Municipality of Stari Grad Sarajevo.
In accordance with the Decision on concluding and confirming the number of registered voters in the Central Voter’s List for early elections for the mayor of the Municipality of Stari Grad Sarajevo, adopted by the Central Election Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 66th session held on 11 October 2023. in the Central voter register, including data as of October 9, 2023. in 24 hours, a total of 36,195 voters were registered for early elections, 35,601 regular, 8 in person and 586 voters registered to vote by mail. 179 voters will be able to vote through the mobile team.
A total of 46 polling stations were formed, and 7 mobile teams will work in the field. Polling stations for voting on unconfirmed ballots and for absentee voting are attached to regular polling stations.
It is estimated that the costs from the competence of the Central Election Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina for the early elections in the Municipality of Stari Grad Sarajevo will cost 89,500 BAM, while the municipality will have additional costs for the payment of fees to the members of the electoral committees and other minor expenses, so that the total costs for the implementation of these early elections will know after the election is done.
The Central Election Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina has appointed three supervisors to oversee the legality of the early elections for the mayor of the Municipality of Stari Grad Sarajevo, which will be held on Sunday, October 29, 2023, as well as the coordination and timely reporting of all relevant facts and circumstances to the Central Election Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina.