Until 6.30 pm, the Votcorect Coalition centralized a series of irregularities and incidents reported by observers and citizens through the Vote Monitor, Call Center 0800 460 002, which registered over 230 calls, and of the online platform www.votcorect.ro.
Many Romanians came to the EPAFE photo polling stations
Most notifications were related to the continuation of the election campaign, but also to organizational problems in the polling stations. Numerous posts have been reported on the TIK Tok network with ballots that include the electoral option – numerous complaints have transmitted by telephone, but also through the votcorect.ro portal (over 100). Some of these posts include people who show that they have already voted or voted; Most of them are related to gold votes.
“I received requests regarding the fact that Diana Şoșoaca expressed her vote in public, apologizing on the ballot of several controversial historical figures, such as Nicolae Ceausescu, but also of the Legionary Movement in Romania, Corneliu Zelea Codreanu”representatives of the votcorect coalition say.
Most questions asked by voters at the Call Center service are related to the special ballot box, the documents with which they can vote or to certain irregularities related to the process in the polling stations, including those related to the seals, difficulties in expressing their vote or ballots unmarked with the control stamp. Problems related to the seal applied incorrectly or missing were reported in Section 172 (Bucharest), Section 105 (Rădăuți); Section 109 (Rădăuți); Section 257 (Bucharest); Section 258 (Bucharest); Section 325 (Bucharest). The observators had difficulty observing in several sections, including 411 and 1165 (Bucharest), and in Section 205 (Buda, Ilfov), the observer was not allowed to observe the vote with the special ballot box.
Efor has drawn attention to the fact that limiting the right to observe the voting with the special urn is abusive.
Notifications regarding the continuation of the campaign through SMS messages were received. Several voters sent notifications that they received messages in which the name of the president of the Iași County Council, Costel Alexe (notification 1, notification 3, notification 4, notification 5) and are for the indirect support of the candidate of the Electoral Alliance Romania before. Bej Iasi and AEP were notified.
In some cases, the observers continued to be legitimized by the law enforcement or to be asked for the name of the organization by which they were accredited, considering that some applications of these kind may be intimidating. Correct vote contacted May, receiving assurances that the staff will be informed about how to interact with observers, including the practice of legitimacy.
The full list of complaints received on the correct vote platform is available at https://votcorect.ro/prezidential-2025/Sesizari/
