Nevertheless, the Central Electoral Commission continues calling Belarusians to participate in elections. Today we got an SMS with the invitation to come to polling stations and cast out votes. Whome to choose is strictly your personal; decision. However, our correspondents have studied the overall trends in the lists of candidates and visited the polling stations where among early voters they saw a lot of familiar faces.
Director of the National Art Museum Vladimir Prokoptsov for 4 years had the status of a deputy of the Minsk City Council. This time he did not come forward as a candidate for a new term. But as an active citizen he comes to the polling station.
Bronze medalist at the 2013 World Weightlifting Championship, Dina Sazonovets now trains at the sport base in Staiki, but on Sunday she is leaving for sports training. That is why she votes early. Especially because right here in Staiki a polling station is organized for athletes.
Tamara Karanevich Committee Chairman of Korolischevichskiy polling station number 61: The sportsmen who came here for training vote according to their location. People come actively, athletes vote actively. There are no problems with it.
People vote according to their location, if for medical or other reasons, be it a business trip, sports training, studying and even being in prison, can not vote at the place of residence at the time of elections.
The Brest region has about a thousand polling stations and can boast not only of the voter turnout, but also of transparency of voting.
Alexander Kolyada, a member of the Brest Regional Electoral Commission: The Brest region polling stations are actively being equipped with transparent ballot boxes. We have already 335 polling stations equipped with transparent ballot boxes. In some regions, such as Stolin, Zhabinkovski, Ivanovski, almost all polling stations are provided with transparent ballot boxes .
Ivan Moroz was people's deputy more than once. Seniority of the deputy in the local legislature is more than 30 years. The most important thing here is love for people and the ability to act. During 4 years of being an MP in Kobrin district, he settled a number of utility issues: from gasification of villages to asphalt road paving.
The Head of State also mentioned the deputy's responsibility to help and hear people. Alexander Lukashenko urged voters to be active and make their choice.
In the elections to the local councils more than 22 thousand people are registered as candidates. Young people and women are becoming more politically active: nearly half of the candidates are female.
The majority of the registered candidates (6370 people) work in the field of education, culture, science and health. Agricultural workers (5147) come in second place and state employees (2678) come in the third. Employees from industry and transport amount to 2154. And almost 800 people come from the law enforcement and military sphere.
On the first day of early voting almost 4 % of Belarusians gave their votes. The most active voters are in Mogilev region. Then comes the capital, followed by Vitebsk residents.
But things can change tomorrow, when the results of the 2nd day of early voting will be announced. By the way, in order to increase voter turnout the Central Electoral Commission appeals to everyone personally through phone SMS.













