Übersetzung für "Report from the polling station " (Englisch → Deutsch) :

A. whereas the early parliamentary elections took place in a difficult political and security environment; whereas in parts of Ukraine it was not possible for the voters to participate in the elections; whereas the report by the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) mentions that there was evidence of “cases of intimidation and obstruction that influenced their campaign strategies. In the last ten days of the campaign, observers noted a marked increase of violence targeting election stakeholders, intimidation of and threats against candidates and campaign workers, and cases of targeted destruction of campaign mater ...[+++]ials and offices. There were a number of credible allegations of vote buying..’. whereas there were reports of serious tensions at some district elections commissions, where armed members of a volunteer battalion were present around and inside; whereas the Ukrainian ‘Civil Network OPORA’ and the ‘Committee of Voters of Ukraine’ frequently reported several violations at polling stations, including ‘attempts to give ballots without passport verification, presence of unauthorised persons at polling stations, attempts of illegitimate voting, attempts to remove a ballot from a polling station, violation of voting secrecy, photographing a ballot paper as well as attempts of ballot box stuffing’; whereas the OSCE nevertheless concluded that that the ‘26 October early parliamentary elections marked an important step in Ukraine’s aspirations to consolidate democratic elections in line with its international commitments’;

42. Welcomes the fact that Act XXXVI of 2013 on the election procedure in Hungary, specifically Article 42, prescribes that, upon request, people with disabilities must be provided with instructions in braille, relevant information in easy-to-read form, voting samples in braille at polls, full accessibility of polls, including particular attention to the needs of the wheelchair users; in addition, on the basis of Article 50 of the abovementioned Act, disabled voters can ask to be registered at another, more accessible, polling station i ...[+++]n order to cast their votes in the given constituency, in accordance with the obligation to provide at least one fully accessible polling station in every constituency laid down in Article 81;

41. Welcomes the fact that Act XXXVI of 2013 on the election procedure in Hungary, specifically Article 42, prescribes that, upon request, people with disabilities must be provided with instructions in braille, relevant information in easy-to-read form, voting samples in braille at polls, full accessibility of polls, including particular attention to the needs of the wheelchair users; in addition, on the basis of Article 50 of the abovementioned Act, disabled voters can ask to be registered at another, more accessible, polling station i ...[+++]n order to cast their votes in the given constituency, in accordance with the obligation to provide at least one fully accessible polling station in every constituency laid down in Article 81;

A common European voting day with polling stations closing at the same time would better reflect common participation by citizens across the Union and therefore is part of the representative democracy on which the EU is founded.

D. whereas the OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission stated in its final report that, although there had been some minor improvements, the elections of 28 September 2008, which took place in a strictly controlled environment with a barely visible campaign and were marked by a lack of transparency in vote counting and in aggregating results from various polling stations, ultimately fell short of internationally recognised democratic standards; whereas Lidziya Yarmoshyna, Chair of the Central Election Commission, admitted that the S ...[+++]eptember 2008 elections did not receive "full and unconditional recognition as complying with international standards from European partners" and therefore the "utmost goal" of the elections had not been met,

C. stressing that the IEOM highlighted widespread irregularities, both during the campaign (for example, abuse of State resources in favour of Yanukovych, abuse of power against some citizens whose livelihood depends directly or indirectly upon the State, inaccurate voting lists and reluctance on the part of the Central Election Commission to respond to complaints) and on polling day (for example, intimidation of polling station committee members, the ...[+++] presence of police and unauthorised persons at polling stations, a high number of additional voters using absentee certificates, some of whom were bussed in in a number of regions) and pointed to problems during the count, such as insufficient attention to ballot security and counting procedures,