Voting

BELGRADE - Serbian Interior Minister Bratislav Gasic won a no-confidence vote in the parliament on Wednesday.

Thirty-seven of 192 MPs in attendance voted in favour of an opposition motion of no confidence for Gasic, 148 voted against and seven took no part in the vote.

37 MPs voted for the proposal of 61 MPs of the opposition for a vote of no confidence in the Minister of Interior Bratislav Gai, against 148 MPs, and seven MPs abstained, out of a total 192.

The long pre-election period and the clear result of the May 21 ballot may have created a sense that Sunday's vote is something of a formality. This is far from the case. 

In fact, this election is more important than the last one because it will determine whether the country will have a government for the next four years and how it will be governed. 

Is it possible that by observing Greek politics from far away I can form a better point of view or is it the case that because of the distance I don't have a good picture? In any case, here is how I see Greek politics now.

More Greeks whose residence is abroad will have the right to vote in the upcoming election. In the previous election, 22,857 Greeks residing abroad were registered and 79.64% of them - i.e. 18,203 people - voted.

A total of 25,610 Greeks abroad have registered to vote from their place of residence on Saturday, one day ahead of the ballot in Greece on Sunday, the Interior Ministry said on Monday.

A total of 22,855 Greeks had registered to vote in the May 21 national elections, of whom 18,203 voted (79.5% rate of participation).

With the election race entering the final stretch, political party staff have turned their attention to the race for the so-called new undecided voters - which, according to the latest polls, amount to roughly 7%-8% of the total - and to those who may abstain altogether.

Türkiye is gearing up to implement an electronic election system, taking inspiration from countries such as the United States, Estonia, Switzerland, Canada and Brazil, Supreme Election Council (YSK) head Ahmet Yener has said.

More than 54 million people on May 14 dropped their votes in over 197,000 ballot boxes set up across the country for the presidential runoff elections.

Though the voting process ended at 5 p.m., citizens waiting to cast ballots at polling booths during the deadline voted in turns under the supervision of attendants.

Millions of Turkish citizens on May 28 headed to ballot boxes established across the country to cast their votes in the presidential election runoff.

The country has witnessed the first runoff election since the new presidential system was accepted in 2018.