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Fewer voters, but even more ballots without representation. This would describe the situation in the Kaunas volunteer constituency.
Lithuanian anti-registration
Marius Matijošaitis, representative of the Freedom Party, was elected a member of the Seimas in this district. In the second round, he edged out Paulius Lukševičius, delegate of the Lithuanian Christian-Christian Democratic Union of the Fatherland. 268 votes and 1,468 invalid ballots are awarded. The winner was supported by 6,085 voters.
The number of invalid ballots in this constituency differs significantly from the average for Lithuania and Kaunas.
In the voluntary constituency, this indicator reaches 10.98%, while in other Kaunas constituencies it does not exceed 3.68% and the Lithuanian average is 3.98%.
In this constituency, the Independence District stands out for the number of damaged ballots, where even one in seven has found them, 14.51%.
In all of Lithuania, only one other district stands out similarly to Volunteers. 10.64 percent of the invalid ballots were found in the coastal district. In other parts of the country: 3-5 percent.
Elsewhere, this figure ranges from 1.63 percent. (Kelmė – Šilalė county) up 8.46 percent. (Justiniškės – Viršuliškės district).
Based on the number of invalid ballots, the Kaunas Volunteer District also led the single-member constituency even after the first round of Seimas elections. At that time there were around 1,200 invalid votes in the single member, but more people had turned out to vote.
Photo by Justina Lasauskaitė
Offsets and with drawings
Jovita Jančauskienė, the chairperson of this district commission, also after the first round, and now said that there were very few accidentally damaged ballots. The vast majority are intentionally spoiled. “We assume that no candidate suits those voters,” said J. Jančauskienė.
A request was received from the Conservatives on Monday to review and recount the invalid ballots. This was done by the Electoral Commission under the observation of observers from both parties in the second round.
“The result after conversion has not changed at all. No errors were found,” said J. Jančauskienė.
In most cases, when it comes to damaged newsletters, according to her, there is nothing unmarked or the newsletter is crossed out.
There is no “Before All” column. There is such a tally in some places and it allows all kinds of spoilers to vent.
The ballot will be declared damaged if so decided by the majority of the voting table committee members and the observers, if applicable. “It is not a one-man decision,” he said.
Additional entries, drawings in the bulletin, if you clearly select a candidate or party, do not prevent the bulletin from being valid.
A local phenomenon
The political scientist Bernar Ivanov believes that this situation in the Volunteer District could have been caused by various reasons. “Maybe the protesters live in that district, maybe there are some public figures who are angry with the candidates and are very active? Perhaps the supporters of the candidates who did not advance to the second round expressed their outrage in this way? “Said the political scientist, adding that there is a common problem in Lithuania during the elections: there is no option why to vote. “There is no ‘Before All’ column. There is such a tally in some places and it allows all kinds of spoilers to vent. But there is also fear, what if the candidate ‘Against All’ wins? What shall we do?” Ivanov.
After clarifying the number of invalid votes (1468), he reacted by saying that it was a considerable number. “Maybe something is wrong in that part of Kaunas? Maybe the streets have been bought, maybe what else do you want to protest? A local phenomenon. We need to send a team of sociologists, demographers to find out. Such a point of anomaly raises questions and requires attention ”, commented the interlocutor.
Ivanov said that there are usually several reasons.
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