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2025-01-20 16:38:00, Politikë CNA

Emigrant vote/ CEC proposal to the government: 600 thousand invalid applicants,

Albanian immigrants living outside Albania's borders will have the opportunity to vote for the first time in the parliamentary elections on May 11. The process for their registration has begun, but the CEC has encountered a high number of them, up to 600,000, who have problems with the expiration date of their identification documents.

In this form, the CEC makes a proposal to the government to extend the deadline so that as many immigrants as possible can register and thus have the opportunity to vote on May 11.

Full text:

Subject: On the extension of the validity period of identification documents

Addressed to: Council of Ministers

For the information of: Socialist Party of Albania

                     Democratic Party

                     Freedom Party

                     Social Democratic Party

                     Republican Party

                     Agrarian Environmentalist Party

                     Party for Justice, Integrity and Unity

                     Union for Human Rights Party

                    Movement for National Development

Dear Sirs,

The process of registering voters from abroad has begun on January 11, 2025, through the Electronic Registration Platform of the Central Election Commission (PER). This process will end on March 4, 2025.

In the consultative meetings that the CEC has organized during this period with representatives of political parties, as well as with civil society organizations operating within and outside the country, the issue regarding the validity of identification documents has been repeatedly brought to attention.

This problem has been identified among a significant number of voters inside and outside the country and requires immediate solutions in the context of the smooth running of the voting process for the Assembly elections on May 11, 2025.

From the information that the CEC has received from the Ministry of Interior and the biometric document production company, it currently turns out that there are 600,248 voters equipped with invalid identification documents.

From the data provided by PER, it appears that around 900 (nine hundred) voters from abroad have been registered who do not possess a valid identification document.

In light of the above, based on the importance of voting from abroad and the objective inability of voters abroad to obtain a valid identification document within the legal deadlines in order to exercise their right to vote, the CEC proposes to consider extending the validity period of identification documents for voters residing outside the territory of the Republic of Albania until May 30, 2025.

Thanking you for your cooperation,

With consideration, Ilirjan Celibashi

State Election Commissioner /CNA