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#THREAD DIASPORA VOTE 2021 
The Central Election Commission (CEC) has neglected the #DiasporaVote and today is trying its best to suppress it. Why?
The Central Election Commission (CEC) has neglected the #DiasporaVote and today is trying its best to suppress it. Why?
In 2012, when we first approached the CEC in regards to out-of-country voting, we were told this is not a big theme nor a problem when it comes to the election cycle.
Between 2010 to 2020 here are the numbers. Make your judgment. People begin to learn that they actually have their right to vote, and they cared to excise their right simply.
Fast forward, in 2021 #diaspora has become a major theme due to increased interest from diaspora members to vote. However, CEC never cared to educate their diaspora votes. This is a direct result of community mobilization.
So despite the bureaucratic process put in place by the CEC, including a new rule for individual for the verification "purpose" some 175,273 applications were sent to CEC, and 43,728 were later removed due to duplications according to CEC
However, as of today, 103,583 application have been approved and 27, 963. But guess what? https://www.koha.net/arberi/256719/rreth-30-mije-aplikacione-refuzohen-srespektohet-afati-per-ushtrimin-e-ankeses/
Out of the approved ones, only 65,400 have responded to the call to be verified and 17,436 have not managed to pick up the phone and might lose their right to vote. In a meantime, 20,747 have not been contacted yet. I wonder why?
..wait is not over yet, CEC despite adding new rules, it also failed to keep up with deadlines. Today CEC does not yet have a certificate list of out-of-country voters, has left no time in place for complaints, and failed to upload the voting ballot.
The saga shows that although the right to vote is guaranteed by the Constitution, there is room for concern when it comes to its enforcement and whether it is possible to properly exercise this constitutionally guaranteed right in our beloved country.
