The question about the right of observers to polling stations to use a variety of optics - glasses, binoculars, a monocle, a telescope, larnet and others - to the Central Election Commission of the Vitebsk activist Kastus Mardzvincau. The response received from the Chairman of the Central Election Commission Lydia Yermoshina is: the observer may use points, "regarding special optical devices, their use for surveillance at the polling station electoral legislation does not provide."

 On what basis, then, glasses allowed, because they are wearing as "electoral legislation does not provide," Ms. Yarmoshyna not explained.

Question about the use of visual surveillance to track the process of issuing bulletins, the voting, the counting of votes is not as idle as it may seem at first glance. The practice of previous elections in Belarus showed that often the polling stations the observers need to be members of the election and election officials at such a distance that you can see something, really, only if you use a telescope, or at least the opera glasses.

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