[ALBSA-Info] Press release: Out-of-Kosovo Voter Registration Deadline Saturday

[OKV-DC Wash DC]

Dear list-member,
Please find our press release,
Sincerely,
Henrike Lehnguth
Head of Voter Information Office
Out-of-Kosovo Voting (OKV)
IOM Washington, D.C.
Toll-free phone#: 1.866.819.5158
Fax#: 202.862.1879


IOM: Out-of-Kosovo Voter Registration Deadline Saturday


VIENNA, 20 SEPTEMBER - The International Organization for Migration (IOM)
urges all potential voters living outside Kosovo to register before this
Saturday's final deadline in order to be eligible to vote in November's
Assembly election.  Registration closes at 1800 hours on Saturday, 22
September.  

The deadline applies to both the in-person and by-mail registration
procedures run by IOM's Out-of-Kosovo Voting programme (IOM-OKV).
Registration centres in Serbia and Montenegro will close their doors at 1800
on Saturday, while all mail and faxed applications from all other countries
must be received by IOM-OKV by 1800 Saturday.  With two days remaining,
IOM-OKV recommends that applicants in by-mail countries send their
applications by fax. 

Applications should be sent to: 
IOM-OKV
OF 609, A-1040 Vienna, Austria
FAX  ++ 43 1 503 15 33  or  503 0853  or  504 5763

Vienna Helpline: ++43 1 503 1511 or 1509

Registration centres in Serbia and Montenegro, operated in conjunction with
local Commissariats for Refugees, have registered nearly 90,000.  

Applicants in all other countries continue to register by mail. Special
IOM-OKV offices in Albania and Macedonia offer in-person assistance to
potential voters filing by-mail applications.  The Vienna headquarters has
registered approximately 19,000 persons outside Serbia and Montenegro. 

The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), which is
organising the elections, called on IOM to run the Out-of-Kosovo programme.
Registration began on 30 July. The registration is for the 17 November
Assembly election in Kosovo.  Registration was extended by the OSCE from 8
until 22 September, based on strong interest.  OSCE has indicated there
shall be no further extension.


For more information, contact Henrike Lehnguth, Head of Voter Information
Office, IOM-OKV Washington at toll-free number 1.866.819.5158 or
okv-dc at iom.int <mailto:okv-dc at iom.int>