Although there are currently no indications that the voter register might become unusable, the Central Election Commission of Latvia (CVK) has developed several contingency plans for such a situation, CVK Chairman Māris Zviedris told the LETA news agency. Speaking about preparations for the Saeima elections, Zviedris noted that polling station locations have already been determined, […]

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Members of the Saeima on Thursday adopted, in the final reading, amendments to the Saeima Election Law proposed by the Central Election Commission, which provide for manual vote counting in the parliamentary elections scheduled for this autumn. The initiative to ensure manual vote counting was proposed by the President of Latvia, Edgars Rinkēvičs, citing concerns […]

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Public officials in state administration must not be so untouchable that they are almost impossible to remove, therefore a broader civil service reform is necessary, President of Latvia Edgars Rinkēvičs told journalists while commenting on the initiated criminal proceedings concerning suspected fraud in information technology procurements worth 1.5 million euros. Referring to a conversation with…