Politics Oct 7, 2026 Updated Oct 7, 2026
RIK working group reviews foreign polling station amendment
- A working group of the Republic Election Commission (RIK) will review an amendment to the decision on polling stations abroad.
- Representatives from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and RIK President Vladimir Dimitrijević were invited to the meeting.
- RIK member Ivan Šebek highlighted inconsistencies in the proposal, including missing cities such as Herceg Novi, Solun, and Sofia.
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Član RIK: Radna grupa danas razmatra dopunu odluke o biračkim mestima u inostranstvu
- A member of the Republic Election Commission (RIK), Ivan Šebek, said the RIK working group will review an amendment to the decision on voting locations abroad.
- Šebek claimed there are illogicalities in the proposal from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and that the criteria for selecting some locations and excluding others are not clearly explained.
- Šebek stated that the Ministry claimed to have sent letters to foreign countries for approval to open voting locations outside diplomatic-consular representations, but Germany denied receiving such a letter.
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Šebek (RIK): Sastanak radne grupe zbog odluke o biračkim mestima u inostranstvu
- Ivan Šebek from RIK said the working group will consider amending the decision on voting locations abroad, with no reason to change the number of locations but to add more.
- Šebek mentioned inconsistencies in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' proposal, including the exclusion of cities like Herceg Novi, Thessaloniki, and Sofia, and questioned the criteria used.
- Šebek claimed the Ministry said it sent letters to foreign countries for voting locations outside diplomatic missions, but Germany denied receiving them.
