Voting ends peacefully

TIRANA, June 28 – The voting day was what Albanians really like to be considered as standards, what they had lacked during the whole 18 years post-communist period.
There were no serious incidents nationwide.
It was not heard any more that someone had used the weapon to set his decision in a polling station.
Naturally a few people quarreled and some were physically slightly injured
But what was of concern the voting day was more what the international observers had warned before _ family voting.
There were cases also reported from the TV stations when the man of the family voted for his wife too, sometimes claiming she could not read and write.
Digital cameras were banned from polling stations after the commission received complaints that they could threaten the secrecy of the vote.
Some 250,000 voters were unable to cast ballots because they did not receive the new required IDs in time and did not have a passport, which is also accepted. Opposition parties accused authorities of trying to curb the number of voters by stalling in sending the Ids.
Authorities also said 81,000 other persons who had applied for the Ids did not go to pick them.
Voting ended with delays in some polling stations, with lines of people waiting to vote.
Though Sunday’s vote was largely calm and peaceful, Albania’s electoral past has been marred by fraud and violence.
But it did end peacefully
The polls were released as counting got under way in 66 centers around the country late midnight Sunday.
Voting ended with delays in some polling stations, with lines of people waiting to vote, but the head of the Central Election Commission, Arben Ristani said the vote was free of incidents