
Following the arrival of ballots for the Albanian diaspora in Albania, the Central Election Commission has announced that the ballots will arrive in Europe from April 15 to 22.
While on other continents from April 15 to 25.
The CEC explains that after the citizen receives the ballot and fills it out, they will send it to the CEC within 3 days from the moment of receipt.
It is announced that the immigrant will not pay anything, as the cost will be covered by the CEC.
The CEC also appeals to all emigrants not to delay their ballots once they have filled them out.
How will the diaspora votes be counted?
The Socialist Party and the Democratic Party will have the fate of counting the ballots of citizens living in the Diaspora in their hands.
The process of counting Diaspora ballots will be administered by only two counters, who will be elected by the SP and the DP.
The counting of Diaspora votes, which will be carried out for the first time in the premises of the "Feti Borova" Olympic Park, will have a total of 7 counting tables with two members each.
Panorama Online learns that the process will run in parallel with the counting of votes in other CEAZs across the country.
The counting process is expected to be carried out in two phases, initially the votes for coalitions or political parties will be counted, after the results are announced. The boxes will be reopened again to extract the votes of the candidates on the open lists.
The enumerators of the two political forces must meet a series of criteria to be part of this process. They must not have any punitive measures, be candidates for MP or former candidates, or be military or police officers or employees of the Security Intelligence Service.
"The accompanying documentation for each proposal/member includes: higher education diploma (notarized), copy of ID card, self-declaration of judicial status or certificate of judicial status, self-declaration of the non-existence of conflict of interest, that there are no disciplinary measures in previous electoral processes, that is not in the function of deputy, candidate for deputy in the Assembly, military, employee of the State Police or State Intelligence Service structures, or member, secretary of another electoral commission," states the decision that is expected to be approved by the CEC.
The CEC is expected to approve the draft decision, in which it calls on the two main forces to propose counters who will administer the process of counting votes that will come from abroad.
"In support of the latest amendments to Law No. 10 019, dated 29.12.2008 "Electoral Code of the Republic of Albania", as amended, referred to article 25/2, points 4 and 5 and Decision No. 406, dated 4.4.2025, of the State Election Commissioner, "On determining the number of Commissions for the Administration, Counting and Evaluation of Votes from Abroad (KANVVJ) and Groups for the Counting of Votes from Abroad (GNVJ)", you are kindly requested to send the respective proposals for members to the Commissions for the Administration, Counting and Evaluation of Votes from Abroad (KANVVJ), respectively two members for each of the 7 KANVVJs as well as the accompanying documentation for each proposed member, which certifies that they meet the conditions and criteria set out in articles 30 and 31 of the Electoral Code.
The accompanying documentation for each proposal/member includes: higher education diploma (notarized), copy of identity card, self-declaration of judicial status or certificate of judicial status, self-declaration of the non-existence of conflict of interest, that there are no disciplinary measures in previous electoral processes, that is not in the function of a deputy, candidate for deputy in the Assembly, military, employee of the State Police or State Intelligence Service structures, or member, secretary of another electoral commission.
"These proposals must be sent to the CEC in an official letter, no later than April 10, 2025," the decision that the CEC is expected to approve states.