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Voters wearing face masks are already heading to polling stations, reported a reporter for the AFP news agency, which is monitoring the situation at a polling station in Minsk.
Some voters, he said, wear white armbands: Tichanovskaya has asked his supporters to wear them.
In addition to Lukashenko and Tikhanovskaya, the wife of the popular blogger Sergei Tikhanovsky, former MP Ana Kanopackaja, president of the Belarusian social democratic party Hramada, Sergei Cherechen, one of the presidents of the Tell the Truth association, has been nominated.
According to the Electoral Code of Belarus, presidential elections are considered to have been held if more than half of the country’s citizens have voted in the electoral roll. A president is considered elected if more than half of the citizens who voted for him.
A total of 6,844,932 citizens and 5,319 citizens of foreign countries were included in the voter rolls in this presidential election.
Early voting took place from August 4-8.
The Central Election Commission announced Sunday morning that 41.7 percent had voted early. voters and surpassed the previous record reached in the 2015 elections, when 36.05 percent of their will was declared in advance. voters.
On August 9, the voting in the polling stations will take place from 8:00 p.m. in the morning until 8 p.m. In the afternoon.
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), an international observer of elections and wars, has not declared elections in Belarus to be free and fair since 1995.
This year, the OSCE declared that it would not send observers to the country because Minsk did not invite them in time. The organization also expressed concern about the intimidation and detention of opposition figures.
Preliminary election results are expected to be announced on Monday.
Belarusians Complain About Internet Problems On Election Day
In Belarus, on presidential election day, residents complain about internet connection problems.
Starting Sunday morning, social media users will report malfunctions of their chat devices, including Telegram, as well as hacking access to the YouTube platform.
Some websites, including the independent monitoring site Zubr.in, are down.
Both fixed and mobile Internet users are reporting problems.
Additionally, notices have been posted at certain points of sale stating that payment terminals may be closed due to technical failures.
Beltelecom, the largest Internet operator in the country, says there are “problems with external channels, a lot of traffic.” It is not announced when these issues will be resolved, but the company apologizes for the inconvenience.
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