The civil network "Opora" believes that the number of voters in the second round, compared to the first, where a record low turnout in the entire history of Ukrainian elections was recorded, will be even less. This is due to the worsening epidemiological situation in Ukraine.
Olga Aivazovskaya, the head of the board of the civil network "Opora", told about this during a press conference on Friday, November 13, the video was published on YouTube.
"The situation with anti-covid measures is such that the turnout for the re-voting will be significantly lower than on October 25 due to objective circumstances, as the incidence rates have increased by almost 40% and the general official statistics are negative," she said. election campaign on November 15, added the senior analyst of Opora Alexander Klyuzhev, the observers did not record intensive campaign events in support of the candidates. According to him, a significant segment of campaigning takes place through the Internet and the distribution of campaign materials.
"Our observers monitored the process of premature campaigning between the first round and the second round of voting by candidates who had a chance to take part in the second round of voting in general. In particular, we monitored campaigning in social networks and, according to preliminary estimates, political players spent more than 144 during this period. dollars to carry out such campaigning, which most likely will not get into the reports of election funds," Aivazovskaya added.
According to "Opory", in 7 cities, repeated voting will be held on November 15, in 11 cities - on November 22, and, tentatively, in two cities - on November 29. After that, the election commissions will have up to 5 days to establish the results of the re-voting.
