Report on Preliminary Conclusions and Findings – Civic Monitoring of Local Elections in Niksic 2021

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CeMI’s observation mission for the 2021 local elections in Niksic accredited a total of 181 observers to monitor the election process. The mission consisted of short-term and long-term observers. CeMI also engaged a network of local coordinators. Bearing in mind that Niksic has 138 polling stations, during the observation mission CeMI had full coverage in the municipality of Niksic during the election day.

In the framework of its local elections’ monitoring project, CeMI used the already developed web and mobile application “Fair elections” (www.ferizbori.me) which enabled citizens and observers to report on perceived irregularities in the election process or violations of voting rights. The application additionally enabled citizens to follow projections of election results in real time and get informed about their electoral rights.

CeMI would like to thank the British Embassy Podgorica, who financially supported the project of civic monitoring of the 2021 Local Elections in Niksic and enabled the implementation of this mission. CeMI also wishes to express its gratitude to all representatives of the election administration, state bodies, political parties, and media for cooperation in the implementation of this mission.

The findings presented in this report reflect the views of the authors and CeMI, and not necessarily the views of the donors.