Manipulation of election results at many polling station of Hrodna
Election commissions of many polling stations of
Hrodna artificially increased the turnout by adding some 100-500 votes to the
real number in their final protocols.
Independent observers registered such cases at polling stations #31 and 32 in Hrodna-Northern
election constituency, polling station #5, 10 and 19 of Hrodna-Central
constituency and polling station #30 of Hrodna-Zaniomanskaya constituency.
According to the observers' assessments, the real turnout was about 45-47%.
The number of electors was reduced by almost 90 people at polling station #28
of Hrodna-Zaniomanskaya election constituency, which was registered by
independent observer Leapold Kuzmich. The head of the commission Siarhei
Piatrou explained that many voters were either drafted into the army or went
abroad for work. Thus, on Saturday evening there were 2,262 electors in the
list of voters, and on Sunday there were just 2,178.
The heads of the election commissions didn't allow observers to watch the vote
count, placing them at the distance of 5-6 meters from the tables
on which the ballots were counted. No numbers were called aloud during the
counting.
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