Fictive voters in Macedonia
300.000 names on the election lists in Macedonia belong to either dead people or people who left Macedonia many years ago.
By Laura Papraniku
Posted on September 19, 2009
People say that with their own eyes they saw that on the voters' lists are the names and surnames of the members of their families or friends that passed away.
Others say that on the lists they saw the names of their friends or close relatives that are left Macedonia years ago. Halil Paloshi from Skopje said that on the list he saw the name of his mother, the passed away Nexhmie Paloshi, with NID 1810928455101, who died more than eight years ago:
"Every time when I and my wife go to vote, who has the same name, Nexhmie, see my mother’s name. They ask us for which Nexhmie we are going to vote, as there are two persons with same name on the list", he explains.
This dilemma is resolved via NID. It has never been clear with the list of dead people in Macedonia and as a result we have a huge number of fictive votes which can go up to 300.000 votes.
This story was published in the daily "Koha" on the 30th and 31st of July and August 1st, 2009. One of the stories was also published by the on-line media for investigative journalism Nacionalpress.
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