By: SDS
On 20 March 2026, the Slovenian Democratic Party submitted objections to the electoral commissions regarding 24 unlawful early polling stations that had been organised outside the electoral districts, even though Article 69 of the National Assembly Elections Act explicitly states that every early polling station must be organised within its electoral district. On 21 March 2026, we received written rejection decisions from all electoral commissions, claiming that our objections were unfounded.
Two things cannot be overlooked.
First. All electoral units acknowledged in their decisions that all 24 early polling stations were inconsistent with the law. The Electoral Commission of the 4th electoral unit, for example, stated: “Given the above, the early polling stations that were designated outside the area of the district electoral commission were designated in contradiction with the law.”
Second. The Slovenian Democratic Party questions how it is possible that in the same country, under the same laws and the same constitution, the electoral commissions are not aligned and have issued different legal instructions. The 6th electoral unit did not provide any legal instruction, the 4th electoral unit wrote that an appeal is possible, while the remaining electoral units concluded that no legal remedy exists.
The Slovenian Democratic Party also points out that all electoral commissions claim to be independent bodies, not subordinate to the National Electoral Commission, yet at the same time they blindly followed the Instructions for the Work of Electoral Commissions of 1 June 2026 issued by the National Electoral Commission, an instruction they themselves acknowledge to be unlawful. For example, the 2nd electoral unit found that “the Instructions for the Work of Electoral Commissions may exceed the legal basis, as they also regulate issues that have no foundation in the law.”
