Skopje, 18 April 2024 (MIA) - Voting at the 2024 presidential elections is set to begin Saturday with the members of the 31 election boards tasked with conducting the diaspora vote. Before departing the country they will vote at the premises of the State Election Commission (SEC).

One hundred and ninety-one people are expected to travel abroad and organize the vote in North Macedonia’s diplomatic-consular offices on April 23.

Based on the 2.571 registered diaspora voters, a vote will be held in Abu Dhabi, where 26 nationals registered to vote, in Belgrade – 31, Berlin – 260, Bern – 164, Brussels – 93, Washington – 34, Venice – 79, Vienna – 123, Detroit – 34, Zagreb – 87, Canberra – 31, Copenhagen – 74, London – 87, Ljubljana – 332, Munich – 166, Melbourne – 64, New York – 85, Oslo – 41, Paris – 44, Prague – 52, Rome – 30, Stockholm – 85, Toronto – 117, The Hague – 65, Chicago – 88, Ankara – 18, Warsaw – 24, Madrid – 18, Beijing – 12, and Sofia – 22.

The country will vote in the first round of the presidential elections on April 24, while the diaspora, the sick and frail, detainees and prisoners, will vote a day before, on April 23.