The mayoral election in Bubuieci commune of Chisinau municipality will be rerun on Sunday, February 11. According to the Central Election Commission, the election will be considered valid regardless of the voter turnout, IPN reports.<\/p>\n
The ballot includes six election contenders. Four polling stations were established in the locality and 7,957 voters are expected to cast their ballots there. There were printed 7,957 ballots \u2013 7,298 in Romanian and 659 in Russian.<\/p>\n
On Saturday, by 2 p.m., the voters who cannot go to the polling station can ask for a mobile ballot box at home. They can also ask for a mobile ballot box on election day, by 2 p.m., only upon the presentation of a medical certificate.<\/p>\n
The candidate for mayor who prolls more than half of the valid votes cast in the election is considered elected.<\/p>\n
After the mayoral runoff vote held last autumn, the candidate of the National Alternative Movement (MAN) Leonid Umane\u021b won the election in Bubuieci with 50.75% of the ballot. The rerun election was ordered by the CEC following the Chisinau Court of Appeals\u2019 decision of December 14, 2023 to uphold the Supreme Court of Justice\u2019s judgment of December 22, 2023 by which the administrative document to register Leonid Umane\u021b as an election contender was declared illegal. MAN called the decision \u201carbitrary\u201d.<\/p>\n
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