L.Matjošaitytė: Counting votes in Seimas elections will take longer than usual



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“Be patient, the election results will not be so quick,” the CEC president told a news conference on Sunday.

In these Seimas elections, 11.64 percent voted in advance. voters. In 2016, anticipated activity was 6.65 percent.

“The vote count will take time (…) because we have a high turnout in early voting. Voting is done in advance with ballot envelopes, calculating it takes a long time, ”said L. Matjošaitytė.

The counting of votes can also be prolonged with security measures for the coronavirus, and the results of the Seimas elections are almost always announced a little later than the presidential elections due to the time it takes to calculate the ranking of candidates.

Votes will begin counting immediately after 8 pm polling stations will close.

“For our part, we ask the electoral commissions to calculate the results in a responsible manner, there is no race here. The most important thing is that the election results are calculated correctly and correctly. We ask all election observers to observe safe distances both at the polling station and when counting votes, ”said L. Matjošaitytė.



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