The Young Lawyers Association of Georgia [GYLA] has published the results of their election monitoring as of 3pm.
The organization claims that “the election process continues with significant violations”.
Their observers report that there were:
- Violations of voter secrecy;
- An attempt to interfere with the activities of observers and media;
- Agitation;
- Registration of voters inside and on the perimeter of the precincts.
The GYLA noted various violations across the country:
On the perimeter of the 34th district of Batumi, the fact of transporting already marked persons in a minibus was observed;
In the 43rd precinct of Kutaisi, the procedure for filling out the ballot was not fully explained to the voter;
In the 5th precinct of Sachkhere, the voter was not given the opportunity to change a wrongly colored ballot;
The portable ballot box moved from the 29th election precinct of Telavi district was carried out by unauthorized persons instead of the persons responsible for this task;
The portable ballot box moved to the 73rd precinct of Saburtalo district returned to the precinct in an unsealed state, after which the commission cancelled it;
After the return of the portable ballot box from the 63rd precinct of Gldani District, one less ballot was found among the unused ballots;
An unknown person broke into the 23rd precinct of Baghdati district and damaged the main ballot boxes and vote counting machines;
At the 69th polling station of Marneuli, ballots were allegedly thrown violently into the ballot box;
Cases of physical violence were detected at the 74th polling station of Marneuli, 11th polling station of Akhmeta-Matani and 22nd polling station of Gori, 9th polling station of Isani, 74th polling station of Kizilajlo and the surrounding area;
At the 84th election precinct of Gori, an attempt at physical violence and a threat to one of the representatives of the opposition was revealed;
At the 33rd polling station of Gardabani, the facts of allegedly influencing the voters’ will and violating the secrecy of the election vote were revealed.
