Although the campaign has generally been peaceful and well-ordered, several isolated instances of election-related violence or intimidation have been reported, says the second interim monitoring report of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights Election Observation Mission (OSCE/ODIHR), quoted by Info-Prim Neo. The OSCE/ODIHR says the quality of the voter lists (VLs) remains a concern. As a result of a highly decentralized system, voter lists are drawn up in a variety of different ways around the country and there is no effective way to cross check local lists for duplicate entries, says the report. The CEC receives lists from the mayors, but does not attempt and is not required by law to check their accuracy. There are a number of ways in which voters can be added to supplementary lists on election day, which also leads to allegations that VLs could be manipulated on election day. The Precinct Election Bureaus (PEBs) are required to make voter lists accessible to the public for verification between November 8 and 23. OSCE/ODIHR says that as in previous elections, the CEC decided to allow for voting with expired identity documents. Voters planning to be away from their place of residence on election day are entitled to ask for an Absentee Voting Certificate (AVC) from their respective PEBs until the day before the elections. The AVC allows voters to vote at any polling station in Moldova. Candidates have occasionally used sharp rhetoric. The two biggest parties in the outgoing parliament, the Communist Party (PCRM) and the Liberal Democratic Party (PLDM), have produced short documentaries highly negative towards their competitors. The four partners of the governing coalition, the Alliance for European Integration (AEI), standing individually in these elections, have increased competition among themselves, sometimes disputing who deserves credit for the AEI’s achievements in government. Prime Minister Vlad Filat’s visibility in the campaign has triggered criticism from other members of the AEI. The public broadcaster, Teleradio Moldova, has attempted to present the electoral campaign in a balanced manner in its television and radio news programs. NIT TV, a private channel with nationwide coverage, has shown a clear bias in favor of the PCRM, leading to sanctions by the Broadcasting Coordinating Council. The report also says that there will be 2,037 polling stations for the elections, including 75 abroad, in diplomatic missions and other localities. Some leaders of political parties have voiced concern regarding the possibility of manipulations of the out-of-country vote, since they cannot afford to send party observers to monitor polling stations abroad. Another concern is that the location of polling stations abroad does not accurately reflect the distribution of citizens abroad, with most polling stations having been established in Western European countries, although the largest number of Moldovans abroad is believed to be in Russia. The report covers the period between November 1 and 14. The OSCE/ODIHR planned to publish two interim reports. The day after elections, it will make public the preliminary results of the observation mission. The final report will be available in two months after the elections.