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The Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau (KNAB) has fined a few parties for violations during the European Parliament (EP) pre-election campaigning period, LETA news agency reported June 12.
In the 2024 European Parliament elections, 21% or 200 of the 945 polling stations in Latvia were inaccessible to people with mobility problems. Such polling stations not only make it difficult to cast a vote in elections but also prevent people with disabilities from working at the polling station, Latvian Television reported June 10.
According to the State Security Service (VDD), the European Parliament (EP) elections in Latvia were held peacefully. The VDD has not detected any attempts to illegally influence the election results in Latvia, the service said in a statement June 10.
The Central Election Commission (CVK) has instructed to count the ballot papers in ten unsealed envelopes at the 81st polling station in Riga, according to information available on the Commission's website.
On the day of the European Parliament elections, Saturday, 8 June, the Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau (KNAB) received 19 signals on possible violations of pre-election campaigning, but no violations were detected after checking them.
In the European Parliament (EP) elections, the leader of "New Unity" (JV) Valdis Dombrovskis received the most plus markings on ballots, while his party member Krišjānis Kariņš (JV) had his name crossed out the most, according to the preliminary results of the EP elections published by the Central Election Commission (CVK), LETA reports June 10.
Representatives of several parties in the Central Election Commission (CVK) are in disagreement with the decision of its head Kristīne Saulīte to entrust the collection of votes cast in the European Parliament (EP) elections to only two IT specialists, thus making the process opaque for the commission members, CVK member Ringolds Balodis told Latvian Television June 9.
The nine MEPs elected from Latvia should coordinate more with each other, said MEP Ivars Ijabs (For Latvian Development), who was re-elected to the European Parliament according to the preliminary data of the Central Election Commission, in an interview on Latvian Television's Morning Panorama June 10.
At least 521,325 voters, or 33.83% of those eligible to vote, cast their ballots in the European Parliament (EP) elections in Latvia, according to data from the Central Election Commission (CVK). This is only slightly higher than the turnout in the 2019 and 2014 EP elections.
Following a protracted an arguably pointless wait of 28 hours since the closing of polls in Latvia on Saturday for the 2024 European Parliament elections, the results were finally published as Sunday turned into Monday.
New Unity and the National Alliance could have won the largest number of votes in the European Parliament elections in Latvia, according to what Latvian Television referred to only as "unofficial data" June 9.
On Saturday, June 8, at 8:00 p.m., all polling stations in Latvia closed and the European Parliament elections have come to an end.
Polls opened across Latvia June 8 for the main voting day in the 2024 European Parliament elections.
Early voting for the European Parliament elections continued on Friday, June 7 with 945 polling stations in open from 13:00 to 18:00.
The European Parliament (EP) pre-election period in Latvia, which lasts 120 days, has so far passed relatively calmly, the Chief of the State Police Armands Ruks said June 7 on Latvian Television's "Morning Panorama".
Since February, the interest of the Latvian population in the European Parliament elections has not changed significantly – both at the end of February and at the end of May, 32% of respondents indicated that they do not plan to follow the elections, according to a public opinion poll conducted by the research center "Norstat" in cooperation with LSM.lv.
On June 6, the second day of advance voting in Latvia, around 48,000 voters took part in the European Parliament elections, and a total of at least 4.1% of voters cast their ballots on the two previous voting days, according to data from the Central Election Commission.
Early voting for the European Parliament elections continues on Thursday, June 6. 945 polling stations in Latvia will be open from 16:00 to 20:00.
The State Security Service (VDD) has not yet detected any attempts to illegally influence the results of the European Parliament (EP) elections in Latvia, VDD told the news agency LETA on June 5.
The National Alliance remains the leader in Latvia's resident polls shortly before the European Parliament elections on Saturday, but a total of eight political forces would overcome the 5% barrier, which would divide the nine seats of Latvian representatives in the EP, according to the latest ratings compiled by pollster SKDS for Latvian Television.
The Central Election Commission (CVK) has turned to law enforcement authorities because of statements made by Rūdolfs Brēmanis, a board member of the party "Apvienība Jaunlatvieši/Alliance of Young Latvians", Kristīne Saulīte, chairwoman of the CVK, told LETA Tuesday evening.
In the last days before the European Parliament elections, the emergence of deepfakes for or against a candidate cannot be ruled out, law enforcement officials say. If you spot artificial campaign material, you should report it to the State Police or the State Security Service, Latvian Radio reports.
On the first day of early voting for the European Parliament (EP) elections, 13,127 people or 0.85% of the electorate have voted, according to data from the Central Election Commission (CVK).
A survey conducted by the Latvian Television broadcast "What is Happening in Latvia?" and the pollster SKDS on Latvian residents' plans to vote in the European Parliament election shows that the individual rating of the leaders of some lists is significantly higher than the rating of the party as a whole, the survey results published on June 3 show.
European Union citizens registered in Latvia have the right to vote in European Parliament elections. However, information on how to actually cast a ballot at a voting station is often either inaccurate or simply lacking for those who do not speak Latvian fairly proficiently.
Latvia's Central Election Commission (CVK) has teamed up with rap musician Edavārdi to encourage participation in the 2024 European Parliament elections.
There is no reason to believe that the results of the European Parliament (EP) elections will immediately affect the composition of the coalition and, consequently, the government in Latvia, said Lelde Metla-Rozentāle, lecturer at Riga Stradiņš University and political scientist, in an interview on Latvian Television May 24.
The State Security Service (VDD) has launched an investigation into statements made on social networks by European Parliament candidate Olga Čerņavska (Alliance of Young Latvians).
Sigita Roķe, Editor-in-Chief of Latvian Television (LTV), in consultation with the LTV Editorial Board, has decided to cancel the planned European Parliament (EP) pre-election debate in Russian on the public media portal Rus.LSM.lv.
Since the beginning of the pre-election campaign period on February 10 to May 21, the parties and their associations running in the European Parliament elections have spent a total of EUR 1.886 million, the Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau (KNAB) said Wednesday, May 22.
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