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On 5 October 2026, the Republic Electoral Commission (RIK) adopted a decision that determines how voters from the territory of Kosovo will exercise their right to vote in the parliamentary elections called for 25 October 2026. According to the decision, this was necessary because representatives of the provisional institutions of self-government in Pristina prevent voting from being organized and conducted at polling stations in Kosovo, as RIK was informed by a letter of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija dated 5 October 2026.
Voters will vote in the city of Vranje and in the municipalities of Raška, Kuršumlija and Tutin, assigned according to the administrative district of their residence. Voters from the Kosovo-Pomoravlje District will vote in Vranje. Voters from the Kosovska Mitrovica District, except for those from Zubin Potok and Vučitrn, will vote in Raška. Voters from the Kosovo District, together with those from Vučitrn, will vote in Kuršumlija. Voters from the Peć and Prizren Districts, together with those from Zubin Potok, will vote in Tutin.
The decision relies on the local electoral commissions already formed by RIK for Pristina, Gnjilane, Gora, Kosovska Mitrovica and Peć. They are to determine the polling stations on the territory of the four host local governments, in cooperation with their administrative bodies, and to repeal their earlier decisions on polling stations of 19 September 2026. The same commissions will determine the results from these polling stations, while the host local governments must provide the conditions for their work. Polling boards will be appointed in accordance with the Law on parliamentary elections.
Furthermore, the decision sets a compressed schedule. Polling stations are to be determined by 7 October, nominations for polling board members submitted through RIK by 9 October, extracts from the unified voter register delivered to RIK by the Ministry of Public Administration and Local Self-Government by 11 October, and board members appointed by 14 October. Election material is to be handed over on 20 October, five days before the vote. Where a parliamentary group does not submit a nomination on time, the person to be appointed is proposed by the head of the municipal administration on whose territory the polling station is located.
Against this backdrop, the text of the decision does not specify how voters will be informed of the new polling stations, how they will travel to them, or how domestic and international observers will gain access to them. Since polling stations are to be fixed only two days after the decision was adopted, these are the points to watch as implementation proceeds.
Voters will vote in the city of Vranje and in the municipalities of Raška, Kuršumlija and Tutin, assigned according to the administrative district of their residence. Voters from the Kosovo-Pomoravlje District will vote in Vranje. Voters from the Kosovska Mitrovica District, except for those from Zubin Potok and Vučitrn, will vote in Raška. Voters from the Kosovo District, together with those from Vučitrn, will vote in Kuršumlija. Voters from the Peć and Prizren Districts, together with those from Zubin Potok, will vote in Tutin.
The decision relies on the local electoral commissions already formed by RIK for Pristina, Gnjilane, Gora, Kosovska Mitrovica and Peć. They are to determine the polling stations on the territory of the four host local governments, in cooperation with their administrative bodies, and to repeal their earlier decisions on polling stations of 19 September 2026. The same commissions will determine the results from these polling stations, while the host local governments must provide the conditions for their work. Polling boards will be appointed in accordance with the Law on parliamentary elections.
Furthermore, the decision sets a compressed schedule. Polling stations are to be determined by 7 October, nominations for polling board members submitted through RIK by 9 October, extracts from the unified voter register delivered to RIK by the Ministry of Public Administration and Local Self-Government by 11 October, and board members appointed by 14 October. Election material is to be handed over on 20 October, five days before the vote. Where a parliamentary group does not submit a nomination on time, the person to be appointed is proposed by the head of the municipal administration on whose territory the polling station is located.
Where a parliamentary group does not submit a nomination on time, the person to be appointed is proposed by the head of the municipal administration.
Against this backdrop, the text of the decision does not specify how voters will be informed of the new polling stations, how they will travel to them, or how domestic and international observers will gain access to them. Since polling stations are to be fixed only two days after the decision was adopted, these are the points to watch as implementation proceeds.
