The government has not yet responded to the Central Election Commission's letter to give it a budget of 37 million euros, in order to extend electronic voting to 8 municipalities in the country.
The ambition to expand this practice is called into question by the general financial crisis, which imposes that the money be used in the most urgent sectors.
From the side of the Socialist Party comes the first signal to curb the plans of Ilirjan Celibashi. The 2019 elections, where neither biometric identification nor electronic voting was used, cost only 8 million euros, while for next spring, the CEC is asking for much more, 37 million euros, ABC reports.
However, some expenses cannot be avoided. The Assembly voted a document that allows the CEC to temporarily employ 352 people. According to the spokesperson of the CEC, only this part-time staff will cost around 1 million euros. Some of the staff will work only 1 month, while many of them 6-8 months.