Mass voter bribery is taking place during the mayoral elections in Stip. According to the information of Kurir.mk “, 10 -12,000 denars were given to the citizens of Stip to vote for a certain political party and candidate.
According to “Kurir”, businessmen and suspicious people are behind the voter bribery in order for people to vote for a certain political option as they are told.
According to the data, there is a drastically lower turnout in the early local elections in Stip, compared to the turnout in the last early parliamentary elections which were held on July 15 this year.
The voter turnout in Sunday’s early mayoral elections until 1pm is 16.61% compared to the turnout in the July 15 parliamentary elections, which was 32.75%.
The early local elections in Stip are held in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic and in conditions when most of the opposition parties have not nominated their candidates.
According to experts and the law, the mayoral elections will be successful if more than one third of the registered voters in the first round vote. Otherwise the elections are declared unsuccessful and the procedure is repeated.
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