In Argentina, Brazil and the east of Canada, the vote in the election of the president of the Republic of Poland began at 12 a.m. Polish time on Saturday. Poles staying in another countries of North and South America will besides be able to vote that day.
On the grounds of both Americas the vote is held on Saturday at 7-21 local time. At 12 o'clock in Polish time, the commissions in the capital of Argentina, Buenos Aires, Brazil's cities of Brasilia, Sao Paulo and Kurytyba, and Halifax in Canada's Nova Scotia opened to voters.
According to the National Election Commission data, comparatively fewer voters registered in the countries of South America. There are just over 200 of them in Argentina, 180 in Brazil, and most, 300 registered in Mexico.
"We don't anticipate queues, but the communicative has shown that anything can happen," the deputy minister of Poland in Kurytyba, Bartosz Kniecicki, emphasized. He added that the novelty in these elections was the organisation by his consulate of an additional election commission in Sao Paulo.
"Election time in Brazil is always an chance to meet families, friends, friends. Due to the immense area of the country, our compatriots usage this time to participate both in the vote and in meetings with relatives they visit at the occasion of this event" - said Kniecicki.
In Buenos Aires, voters will face hard weather conditions. A yellow storm alert has been in and around the city since Friday. In the capital of Argentina and in 3 commissions in Brazil, the vote will end at 2 a.m. from Saturday to Sunday Polish time.
Voting abroad
At 13 p.m., Polish votes will begin to accept commissions in Chile, Dominican Republic, Cuba and Venezuela, as well as in the east of the United States and subsequent areas of Canada, including Toronto.
Then, at 14 p.m. Polish time, the vote will begin in Panama, Peru and Colombia, and after another hr - in 2 committees established in Mexico, in the cities of Mexico and Cancun. The commissions in the western United States and Canada will be the last to open on the American continent.
PAP
