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• N° 5 • Belgrade, April 29, 2016
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RIK Recounts Votes From 99 Polling Stations Serbia's central electoral commission (RIK) begun a recount of votes from 99 polling stations
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he commission established that "grave errors" occurred there during the April 24 elections. "The recount is under way, at 99 polling stations," RIK president Dejan Djurdjevic told Tanjug. At a session that lasted until 2:00am last night, the RIK members agreed that bags containing ballots from all polling stations affected by "grave errors" be inspected, and commissions were established for this purpose. After the recount, the RIK session will be continued in order to make a decision on the fate of the votes from the polling stations concerned. The deadline for the commission to announce the final results expired at midnight yesterday, however, voting will be repeated at 15 polling stations, most likely next week, so this deadline will move as well. That means elections will most likely be repeated on Wednesday, May 4, with another 96-hour deadline after that to announce the results. According to the currently accessible results and projections - based on 98.04
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percent of the voting material processed by the state commission SNS, SPS, SRS, DS, and Enough is Enough will have deputies in the next National Assembly, while DSS-Dveri, and SDS-LDPLSV are very close to the five-percent threshold - so far, above it. Four electoral lists representing minorities will also have seats. The final result of the two coalitions can be affected by the 18,000 votes yet to be cast. At the same time, the result
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from the polling stations that experienced "logistical-administrative errors", i.e., about two percent of the original ballots cast, remains unknown.
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