The monitoring coalition My Vote has completed the registration of observers, with a total of 4200 registered, coalition spokesperson, Londa Toloraia said.
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"Our observers and mobile groups will monitor the elections in all electoral districts. We are also coordinating with local monitoring organizations to jointly ensure the protection of every citizen's vote in Georgia," Toloraia said at a briefing held today.
My Vote plans to submit a pre-election environment assessment report on October 25. Prior to that, Londa Toloraia stated that the illegal collection and use of voters' personal data, including data of the appropriate category by Georgian Dream, is an ongoing problem.
"Personal data, which is owned only by state agencies, is falling into the hands of the ruling party. It appears that voter data is being transferred from state agencies to the ruling party to facilitate the management of voters.
Despite the media and opposition parties disseminating information about numerous instances of illegal processing and tampering with personal data, we have repeatedly called on the Personal Data Protection Service and the Special Investigation Service to fulfill their duties during the pre-election process. To date, we have not received any explanation from any agency regarding their response, inspections, or investigations," said Londa Toloraia.
The confiscation of ID cards from voters was identified as another issue. Toloraia noted that dozens of citizens have approached the My Vote coalition with reports of such incidents.
"The confiscation of ID cards during the pre-election period cannot have noble intentions. The widespread reports raise reasonable suspicions that the purpose of confiscating ID cards is to obstruct the exercise of will in the elections, to influence voters' choices, and to falsify the elections by bribing voters and using the confiscated ID cards to participate in the elections."
According to Londa Toloraia, the information circulating about these violations indicates that "these facts have a large-scale character."
My Vote is focusing on the "disinformation campaign," which, according to the coalition, is also occurring in public services. The claim that voting by electronic means is not secret is a lie, Toloraia says.
"The spread of such falsehoods serves only the interests of the ruling party and has no basis in reality. The vote counting and voter verification machines are not connected to each other, and the existing electronic voting procedure absolutely ensures the secrecy of the vote," said Toloraia.
Parliamentary elections will take place on Saturday, October 26. As per data from the Central Election Commission, there are 3,113,747 voters on the unified list, with 135 922 young people having the opportunity to participate in the elections for the first time this year.
