This article reports on various incidents and issues related to the Georgian parliamentary election process, as observed by the GYLA Monitoring Mission. Here are some key points:
* The GYLA has identified numerous violations of electoral law, including:
* Voters not receiving sufficient instructions on how to fill out ballots
* Registration of voters taking place inside and outside polling stations
* Allegations of marked persons being brought into precincts
* Cases of empty ballots being cast
* Commission members pressuring voters or pointing them towards specific candidates
* Physical violence has been reported in several precincts, including:
* Marneuli 74th, Akhmeta 11th, Gori 22nd, and Isani 9th precincts
* Attacks on journalists, including an incident involving TV Pirveli journalist in Kvemo Khodasheni
* Other reported incidents include:
* A person damaging ballot boxes and vote-counting machines in Baghdati district
* A voter being physically assaulted at the 69th precinct of Marneuli
* An attempt to intimidate a representative of an opposition party at Gori’s 84th precinct
* Voters being intimidated or instructed on how to fill out ballots in Gardabani’s 33rd precinct
* The President, Salome Zurabishvili, has called on the police to respond more actively and timely to violent incidents
* A CEC briefing denied reports of pre-marked ballots, technical issues, and a commission member’s death.