The Nasha Niva Correspondent was an elections observer and captured empty voter registration forms at the polling station with 57 per cent voting turnout.
Correspondent of Nasha Niva Jahor Marcinovich became an independent election observer at polling station No. 101 in Minsk. The polling station is situated in a classroom of an ordinary school.
First, statistics: total 2,150 voters are registered at the current polling station. The information campaign “Boycott–2011” says that 231 persons (10.74 per cent) voted in advance. Still, these figures can be already falsified as there were no independent observers during first two days of advance polling which started on September 18.
On the major polling day there were more of them: “Rykh Za Svabodu” (Movement for Freedom) says 290 more people (13.49 per cent) voted by 19:00. But pro-Lukashenka observers say there were more than 400 of them today.
The election commission, surely, had its own opinion. The official figures say 855 people voted. The difference in the early voting figures constitutes ca. 8.5 per cent. Thus, if we operate the figures provided by pro-Lukashenka observers and sum it with the advance poling results, we still have ca. 40 per cent voting turnout.
Will the commission “add” 10 more per cent to make the elections valid?
19:30 Voters are rare: one or two within every five minutes. It seems hope for 50 per cent turnout has already gone.
20:00 The polling station closes down, the ballot counting starts.
20:27 The election commission says ballots were cast by 1,163 persons. It is 54 per cent of voters. The elections are valid! The funniest moment is that the commission members showed the voters registration forms — and I took pictures of them. The actual number of the voters is seen from the photo of an average voter registration form: 3 signatures on the list of more than 20 names...
Then, the number of registered voters reduced to 2,020 persons thus making the turnout of voters equal 57 per cent.
20:30 Votes for every candidate are counted. Yet, does anyone cares?
20:30 Wow! We’ve got the fire alarm on! All are required to leave the room.
21:30 The ballot counting is over. Pro-Lukashenka candidate receives 58 per cent of votes.
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