Students 'excel' in early voting in Homel

Independent election observers report the turnout for early voting at the polling stations in universities and dormitories in Homel has reached 45%. Vasil Palyakou, a coordinator for For Free Elections campaign, told Belapan news agency, early voting was not as active at the other polling stations. For instance, at polling station No 46 in Homel's Savetski District 3.8% of voters came to vote early over the past three days. 4.2% of voters participated in early voting at polling station No 28 in the same district over the past three days.

The record early voting turnout was recorded at polling station No 22 in Central District, located in a building of Homel State University, where 45.2% of registered voteres took part in the election!