You can also vote in Lukiškės square in the capital: some don’t expect “anything better”, others are tired of intimidation



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To distribute the flow of people, in Vilnius, early voting is organized not only in the municipal building on Konstitucijos Avenue, but also in three other places: A. Sakharov Square, in Saulėtekio al. 26 and Lukiškės square. Early Monday morning 15 minutes here and visited.

Early voting began at 7pm in the morning, the first voters gathered, a queue formed. But it moves pretty fast. When entering the cabin, it is suggested to disinfect your hands, and then everything is as usual. True, it can be noted that in the electoral commission, at least in Lukiškės square, there are not so many older people. They are apparently being protected from COVID-19 as individuals at risk.

To go to vote with you it is necessary to have an identity document, as well as a mask and a pen (the pencil is not suitable).

In Lukiškės square in the capital 15 minutes the voter interviewed said they expected fewer bans from the new government.

“There are fewer policies that scare people, and more about the future, not the past,” he said.

When deciding why to vote, the resident said that he had argued between the Freedom Party, which was participating in the elections for the first time, and the Lithuanian Christian Democrats of the Union of the Fatherland, who worked in the opposition. Choose the latter.

Another voter in line said she was determined.

“I don’t have much hope that things will change, I don’t understand, everything is limited, but I still know that I have to participate,” he said.

Photo by Lukas April / 15 minutes / Preliminary voting begins in the Seimas elections

Photo by Lukas April / 15 minutes / Preliminary voting begins in the Seimas elections

Another voter said he would vote for the Lithuanian Peasants and Greens Union, which is now in power.

“I will vote for the same – for S. Skvernelis (Saulius Skvernelis, who heads the list of” peasants “, – 15 minutes). He led, let him continue to lead. Because we will change to something else, we will turn the skin around and we will not win anything better, “he said.

Another neighbor who went to the capital’s plaza to vote said he hoped “a good change, less intimidation, a conscious change” of the new government.

The voter assured that she would vote for the conservatives and, more specifically, for the deputy of the Seimas Ingrid Šimonytė, who headed the list.

“In this case, it will be as it will be, but to have the opportunity to form a suitable coalition,” he explained.

Voter sentiment in more detail, in a video from Lukiškės Square:

VIDEO: Early voting has begun: what do voters expect from the new government?

Early voting in the Seimas elections will take place October 5-8, from 7 pm in the morning until 8 pm in the afternoon.

All the latest information on the Seimas elections, debates with candidates – in a special 15 minutes polapyje.



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