{"id":69373,"date":"2024-02-24T23:27:59","date_gmt":"2024-02-24T20:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=69373"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"early-voting-turnout-sets-new-record","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/69373\/","title":{"rendered":"Early voting turnout sets new record"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/golos-CIK-20240223.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/golos-CIK-20240223.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/golos-CIK-20240223-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/golos-CIK-20240223-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/golos-CIK-20240223-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/golos-CIK-20240223-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Central election commission)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>February 24, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Belarus\u2019 central election commission has reported that 41.71 percent of registered voters cast ballots on the last day of early voting in Belarus\u2019 parliamentary and local elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is 0.01 percent more than the previous record of the early voting set during the 2020 presidential election, <em>Pozirk<\/em>\u2019s analysis of the archival data showed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Almost 50 percent reportedly voted early in the Homiel region, while the turnout in the Belarusian capital exceeded 30 percent, authorities said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The early voting took place from February 20 to 24 with the main election day set for Sunday, February 25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>International organizations, including the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), and Belarusian election monitoring groups have criticized the early voting procedure as vulnerable to abuse. Belarusian human rights organizations say that early voting is the key element of the government\u2019s vote rigging machine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The official early voting turnout rose from 17.39 percent in the 2004 parliamentary election, to 26.3 percent in 2008, 25.9 percent in 2012, 31.29 percent in 2016 and 35.77 percent in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) concluded that all these polls fell short of democratic standards for free and fair elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minsk has not invited any ODIHR observers this year but said that nearly 300 international monitors have been deployed. Most represent the Commonwealth of Independent States and other Russia-led bodies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The central election commission has not registered a single opposition candidate for the contests. The opposition is also not represented in the election commissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Belarusian opposition urged voters to boycott the elections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 24, Pozirk. Belarus\u2019 central election commission has reported that 41.71 percent of registered voters cast ballots on the last day of early voting in Belarus\u2019 parliamentary and local elections. 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