Speaker of CEC: we expect to announce the first result within 2 hours after the end of the voting process

According to CEC spokesperson, Natia Ioseliani, there are approximately 3.5 million voters in the unified voter list, of which 95,000 are registered abroad.

As the speaker of the CEC mentioned in the "PalitraNews" program "Resume", before the elections, everyone will receive a voter's card and an information booklet, which describes in detail the news that you will find at the polling station.

"The unified list of voters is about 3.5 million. This figure will be confirmed and made public. Also, we will have information on the number of voters who will vote abroad.

The polling stations have been enlarged, so we encourage voters to check the addresses of the stations where they will have to vote. The voter has the opportunity to do this both on the website of the CEC and in the mobile application", Natia Ioseliani said.

As for Georgian citizens and precincts registered abroad, according to Ioseliani, the Central Election Commission has created 67 precincts in 42 countries abroad.

"There are about 95,000 voters abroad. Citizens of Georgia have the right to vote abroad at the polling station that was created by the CEC 1 month earlier. Polling stations are opened in consular institutions and diplomatic missions. There was talk about Strasbourg, where there is no diplomatic representation, that's why we couldn't do it. CEC followed all the procedures of the legislation", said Ioseliani.

At the same time, the speaker of the CEC spoke in the program about the procedure that the voter will go through at the polling station.

"On October 26, voters can come to the polling station from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. The voter coming to the polling station must have a Georgian citizenship ID card/ID card or passport with him.

At the polling station, the first procedure that the voter will go through is the marking check. After that, it is necessary to present an identity card or passport. Voters will be met by verification machines instead of desk lists. After forwarding to the registrar, it will be electronically verified. The ID card will be brought to the corresponding lane of the verification machine, where the voter's personal data will be displayed on the screen. After that, a corresponding receipt is issued from the machine, with all the voter's data, and the voter confirms his participation in the elections by signing this receipt. This is an unmistakable proof that the voter came to the polling station," he said.

According to the CEC spokesperson, the primary result will be announced in 2 hours after the end of the voting procedure.

"After the voting process ends at 20:00, after that there are several stages provided by law. If the voters used the portable ballot, their ballots must also be placed in the vote counting machine, after which, with the push of a button, we will know the primary results. We expect to announce the first result within 2 hours. After the data is sent to the CEC, the process of manual counting will begin at the precincts," Ioseliani said.

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