{"id":23981,"date":"2021-10-31T12:53:17","date_gmt":"2021-10-31T11:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=23981"},"modified":"2021-10-31T12:53:17","modified_gmt":"2021-10-31T11:53:17","slug":"issues-with-biometric-identification-in-several-macedonian-communes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/issues-with-biometric-identification-in-several-macedonian-communes\/","title":{"rendered":"Issues with biometric identification in several Macedonian communes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>5.25% of citizens eligible to vote in North Macedonia headed to the polls at 09:00 a.m., this morning.<\/p>\n<p>In this second round of votes, several issues with biometric identification have been reported, however, there have been considerably less, compared to the first round of voting.<\/p>\n<p>Due to technicalities, several ballot stations in Skopje had to delay the voting process and only started operating a few hours ago.<\/p>\n<p>The second round of voting is taking place today in 44 communes in North Macedonia, during which citizens will vote for their new mayors.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 1.353.990 citizens are eligible to vote in 2.481 ballot stations.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>5.25% of citizens eligible to vote in North Macedonia headed to the polls at 09:00 a.m., this morning. 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