{"id":30238,"date":"2022-01-26T13:58:29","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T12:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=30238"},"modified":"2022-01-26T14:02:15","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T13:02:15","slug":"over-654000-eligible-voters-at-the-local-by-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/over-654000-eligible-voters-at-the-local-by-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 654,000 eligible voters at the local by-elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>654,538 are eligible to exercise their voting rights at the local by-elections due on March 6.<\/p>\n<p>Voting will take place in 941 polling stations.<\/p>\n<p>Albania\u2019s interior ministry disclosed that there are 10,134 first-time voters, while 135 citizens have been removed from the list in line with the policy on decriminalization.<\/p>\n<p>The ministry appealed to citizens to verify their names on the list and head to Civil Status Offices in their respective municipalities in case of complaints.<\/p>\n<p>On 6 March, citizens from Shkodra, Vora, Dibra, Durres, Lushnje, and Rrogozhina will head to the polls to elect their new mayor.<\/p>\n<p>The election campaign for the local by-elections <a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/01\/22\/electoral-campaign-for-local-by-elections-to-start-on-february-19\/\">kicks off on February 19<\/a> and is set to last two weeks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/01\/20\/countdown-to-election-day-a-closer-look-at-albanias-partial-elections\/\">Countdown to Election Day: a closer look at Albania\u2019s local by-elections \u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/01\/21\/cost-of-municipal-by-elections-will-reach-upwards-of-e1-4-billion-euros\/\">Cost of municipal by-elections will reach upwards of \u20ac1.4 billion euros<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/01\/24\/political-parties-prepare-for-march-6-elections\/\">Political parties prepare for March 6 elections<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>654,538 are eligible to exercise their voting rights at the local by-elections due on March 6. Voting will take place in 941 polling stations. Albania\u2019s interior ministry disclosed that there are 10,134 first-time voters, while 135 citizens have been removed from the list in line with the policy on decriminalization. The ministry appealed to citizens [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":30240,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[270,280,327,151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Over 654,000 eligible voters at the local by-elections - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/over-654000-eligible-voters-at-the-local-by-elections\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Over 654,000 eligible voters at the local by-elections - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"654,538 are eligible to exercise their voting rights at the local by-elections due on March 6. 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