{"id":11494,"date":"2021-04-25T16:58:34","date_gmt":"2021-04-25T16:58:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=11494"},"modified":"2021-04-25T17:05:05","modified_gmt":"2021-04-25T17:05:05","slug":"extending-poll-hours-mehilli-extended-voting-hours-in-2017-gave-an-additional-1-2-mandates-to-rama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/extending-poll-hours-mehilli-extended-voting-hours-in-2017-gave-an-additional-1-2-mandates-to-rama\/","title":{"rendered":"Extending poll hours? M\u00ebhilli: Precedent in 2017 gave an additional 1-2 mandates to Rama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The voting process is due to end officially at 7 PM however if there are still voters waiting in line, then the process will continue, reported Euronews Albania journalist.<\/p>\n<p>Communication expert Erla M\u00ebhilli recalled that voting was extended by an hour back in the 2017 elections, which according to her was a disadvantage for the Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 2017, when there was a deal between Rama and Basha, voting was extended by an hour, so it closed at 8 PM. It was a request coming from Rama but that found the agreement of Basha. In my opinion, it was a mistake from the side of the opposition. Edi Rama did not ask for it to do a favor to the opposition\u201d, said M\u00ebhilli.<\/p>\n<p>According to the communication expert, the SP gained 1-2 mandates from the move.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy conviction is that the SP won 1-2 mandates within that hour\u201d, added M\u00ebhilli.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/elections\/2021\/04\/25\/deputy-head-of-cec-pelinku-bad-infrastructure-led-to-an-absence-of-operators-in-remote-areas\/\">Deputy Commissioner Pelinku: Bad infrastructure led to an absence of operators in remote areas<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/elections\/2021\/04\/25\/basha-a-wonderful-day-for-albanias-democracy-go-out-and-vote\/\">Basha: A wonderful day for Albania\u2019s democracy, go out and vote \u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The voting process is due to end officially at 7 PM however if there are still voters waiting in line, then the process will continue, reported Euronews Albania journalist. Communication expert Erla M\u00ebhilli recalled that voting was extended by an hour back in the 2017 elections, which according to her was a disadvantage for the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":11495,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Extending poll hours? 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