{"id":22797,"date":"2021-10-17T13:42:44","date_gmt":"2021-10-17T11:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=22797"},"modified":"2021-10-17T16:21:26","modified_gmt":"2021-10-17T14:21:26","slug":"voting-in-n-macedonia-takes-off-but-gets-caught-up-in-technicalities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/voting-in-n-macedonia-takes-off-but-gets-caught-up-in-technicalities\/","title":{"rendered":"Voting in N. Macedonia takes off but gets caught up in technicalities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The voting process during the 2021 local elections in North Macedonia got off to a good start but has been running into technical problems with the biometric identification tool.<\/p>\n<p>Issues have kept coming up in various communes, including Tetovo. Several communal councils have also faced issues with putting these devices to work and many citizens couldn&#8217;t be verified by the system.<\/p>\n<p>After all these issues that have been coming up since the beginning of Election Day, citizens say that they\u2019re expecting to see changes, predominantly in the social and economic aspects.<\/p>\n<p>Citizens of North Macedonia headed to the ballot boxes today, to vote on their new 80 commune mayors and communal councils.<\/p>\n<p>Health protocols have been put in place so that anti-COVID measures can be respected during the elections. 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