The parliamentary version of the law on holding elections, which provides for voting within two days, was approved by the government today. This was said by Deputy Prime Minister Vít Rakušan (STAN). Initially, the cabinet, at the suggestion of the Ministry of the Interior, demanded a one-day vote, as is customary in other European countries. Other steps from the initial interior design remain in the plan, for example setting a fixed date for some types of elections in the first week of October, or a centrally managed unified voters' register.
Critics of a one-day vote on Friday argue that a two-day election on Friday and Saturday would limit citizens' rights to express their opinions in an undesirable way. Therefore, the deputies agreed that the current voting day will not change, Klára Dlubalová, a spokesperson for the Ministry of the Interior, said last week. The Austrian official added today that the chairman of the parliamentary group and party experts found a compromise.
In another proposed amendment, the draft of seven deputies led by Josef Cogan (STAN) is based on the government's original draft which aims to unify election rules. Therefore, the law should set a fixed date for municipal and regional elections at the end of the first week of October or a centrally managed information system.
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