Results of verification of signatures in Homel regiona
On 11
November the Homel Region Election Commission held a sitting to sum up the
results of the verification of signatures in support of the potential
candidates for President.
According to observer Anatol Paplauny who attended the sitting, in the Homel
region signatures were collected by members of the electoral teams of ten
candidates, but only Lukashenka’s team collected them in all 21 districts of
the Homel region and in all four districts of Homel.
The results of the verification of the collected signatures by the commission
are as follows:
Aliaksandr Lukashenka – 160,105 valid signatures and 248 – invalid (0.1%);
Ryhor Kastusiou – 4,032 valid, 1,292 – invalid (24.2%);
Ales Mikhalevich – 9,354 valid, 1,858 – invalid (16.5%);
Yaraslau Ramanchuk – 7,608 valid, 432 – invalid (5.3%);
Uladzimir Niakliayeu – 24,838 valid, 965 – invalid (3.7%);
Vital Rymasheuski – 10,162 valid, 1,139 – invalid (10.1%);
Mikalai Statkevich – 7,261 valid, 410 – invalid (5.3%);
Andrei Sannikau – 12,009 valid, 594 – invalid (4.7%);
Viktar Tsiareshchanka – 17,599 valid, 1,559 – invalid (8.1%);
Dzmitry Us – 2,679 valid, 695 – invalid (20.5%).
According to information of the Homel Region Election Commission, in one of the
towns it was discovered that signatures in support of Tsiareshchanka were just
Xerox copies of signatures in support of Rymasheuski, after which the signatures
for Tsiareshchanka were annulled there. The Zhlobin District Election
Commission also found invalid 17.8% of the 994 signatures in support of Ryhor
Kastusiou that had been passed to it, as a result of which all 994 signatures
were annulled. The same happened to signatures in support of Rymasheuski in
Kalinkavichy and Rechytsa and signatures in support of Mikhalevich in Zhlobin
and Lelchytsy.
The commission stated the most frequent reasons for which signatures were found
invalid: the wrong information in the address line, signing for other people,
and collection of signatures by people who weren’t members of campaign teams.
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