Voting stations open in Bosnia and Herzegovina for general elections

Brief retelling from RIA II

Voting stations have opened in Bosnia and Herzegovina for general elections to various government bodies.

3.4 million citizens have the right to vote, and elections are held at about 5.5 thousand polling stations, including mobile ballot boxes and diplomatic missions abroad.

The CEC of BiH has introduced new systems for biometric voter registration and ballot scanning to increase the transparency of elections.

BELGRADE, October 4 – RIA Novosti. In Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), polling stations opened on Sunday for the general elections of members of the collective head of state (presidium), the Parliamentary Assembly of BiH and the representative bodies of municipalities of the Muslim-Croat Federation of BiH, the President and Vice-President of Republika Srpska (RS BiH), the Central Election Commission (CEC BiH) announced.

3.4 million BiH citizens have the right to vote. The expression of will takes place from 7.00 (8.00 Moscow time) to 19.00 (20.00 Moscow time) at about 5.5 thousand voting places, including 385 mobile ballot boxes. Sites have also been opened in 20 diplomatic missions of BiH abroad in 13 countries.

Citizens elect candidates for positions in the Presidency (three-member head of state - ed.) of BiH, the House of Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of BiH, the House of Representatives (of the Muslim-Croat part of the country - ed.) of the Federation of BiH, the People's Assembly (parliament) of the Republika Srpska, for the posts of president and vice-president of the Republika Srpska BiH and in the ten municipal assemblies of the Federation of BiH. A little over 7 thousand candidates are vying for 518 posts.

The Central Election Commission of BiH acquired new systems for biometric voter registration and ballot scanning to increase the transparency of the voting procedure and vote counting.

Bosnia and Herzegovina announced its secession from Yugoslavia in 1992, after which a war involving Bosnian Muslims, Serbs and Croats began in the republic, which lasted until 1995. The exact number of victims has not been officially established; various sources indicate a figure of over 100 thousand people.