The first votes have been cast in the European Parliament election.
The official election dates are June 6 to 9, with most countries going to the polls on Sunday (June 9). But Estonia has a three-day head start, with voting allowed starting Monday — from 9 a.m. online and from midday in person.
The start to voting was not without hiccups , however, as some internet browsers blocked the specific app needed for voting. The cause of the technical problem is being investigated , election officials said. Voting itself and the verification of the votes functioned normally, they said.
The Estonian public broadcaster reported that 5,000 people had voted online at around 11:30 a.m.
Estonia will have seven members out of 720 in the next European Parliament.
Former Foreign Minister Urmas Reinsalu’s conservative Fatherland party has been leading the polls for the past six months by opposing green measures and calling for greater oversight over the construction of a railway network connecting the Baltics to Poland .
Via Politico
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