UPDATE: CEC Reports on Voter Turnout
UPDATE: Voter Turnout reaches 42.05% (1477562 people) by 17:00
UPDATE:Voter Turnout Reaches 34,79% (1 222 634 people) by 15:00
UPDATE: Voter turnout reaches 19.81% (695,948 people) by 12:00 pm
Voting continues across the country with few registered complaints or violations.
TBILISI- Georgia Central Election Commission (CEC) has reported that by 10:00 am 8.34 percent (292,957 people) of eligible voters had cast a ballot in today's elections.
The CEC reported that the voting process at a polling station in Zugdidi had been delayed for 30-40 minutes. This prompted one of the members of the local election commission to refuse to participate in the draw and a nearby observer protested the procedure to seal the ballot box.
At the 61ST in the Black Sea Electoral DISTRICT PORT CITY of Poti, the voting was also DELAYED Process After 30-40 minutes officials inadvertently locked the Door of the room where the ballots were Official Kept.
A first responder rescue service had to be called in to break down the door before the ballots could be handed out.
A representative of former President Mikheil Saakashvili's United National Movement - the country's main opposition party - was expelled from a polling station in Batumi. Observers say he was forced to leave by the local police after trying to interfere in the voting process.
By Natia Liparteliani
Edited by Nicholas Waller