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In the Forest constituency in downtown Kaunas, the first voters showed up at just 7 a.m., and a bottle of disinfectant liquid greeted them.
“It just came to our knowledge then. I agitated everyone, said we were going to vote, but all the young people were asleep …”, – Marija Dainė, 72, head of public cultural institutions, told BNS.
To reduce contacts, voters enter through one door and exit through another, members of the electoral commission warn people to come one by one, not to gather.
Commissioners work in masks and gloves, sanitize surfaces hourly, and ventilate facilities more frequently.
“People feel more uncomfortable because they have to make a big circle, but these are the requirements,” Ginvilė Pilėnaitė, president of the electoral commission, told BNS.
According to her, voters will have to wait longer in queues this time, as registration takes longer to maintain the necessary distances.
“I have been working for many years, but this time it is a different experience: we have premises and we have to adapt them to comply with the rules, so that they are safe for everyone, both employees and voters. Hopefully so, “he added.
In the first half hour, some 30 people turned out to vote in the Vilnius Vytenis constituency.
“It’s always like this: people who fear queues rush in the morning,” Julija Čėglytė, chair of the commission, told BNS.
Many voters here had their pens and wore masks. The organizers of the election elections are ready to offer disposable masks for those who have nothing to cover.
Voting at polling stations will last until 8 pm Traditionally, the highest voter turnout occurs after Sunday Mass and the night before neighborhood closings.
In the Seimas elections, 141 parliamentarians are elected for a period of four years: 70, according to lists, and 71, in single-member electoral districts. The candidate lists were nominated by 17 parties, no coalitions were formed.
The voter lists approved by the Central Election Commission contain 2 million. 449 thousand 683 citizens with the right to vote.
243 thousand people voted early in the Seimas elections. 520 or 10.1 percent. voters.
In these elections, for the first time, a separate constituency for foreign Lithuanians – Lithuanians of the world was formed, taking into account the large number of voters who participated abroad during the last elections.
In a multi-member constituency, seats are won by parties that have raised at least 5 percent. the votes of the voters who participated in the elections.
The second round of the parliamentary elections will take place on October 25. In it, the two candidates with the most votes in the first round will compete in single-member constituencies.
The new Seimas usually meets for its first session in mid-November.
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