Slovak Election Monitoring Expert Criticizes Government's Plan to Eliminate Postal Voting

Rasťo Kužel from MEMO 98, a non-governmental organization that monitors elections domestically and internationally, has criticized the Slovak government's decision to eliminate the established postal voting system without proper analysis or expert discussion. Kužel noted that since postal voting was first introduced in Slovakia in 2006, not a single complaint has been filed with the Constitutional Court regarding the system. He argued that any changes to the voting system should be based on evidence of problems, stating that if authorities claim concerns about voting secrecy or manipulation, they must demonstrate that such issues have actually occurred in the past. MEMO 98 is a civil society organization that specializes in election monitoring and democratic processes both within Slovakia and abroad. The expert characterized the elimination of the postal voting system as an "unorthodox gamble with democracy" that undermines established electoral procedures without justification.