Relocations of polling stations in Turkey

The statements of Bitlis Governor Ahmet Ç?nar of Turkey's east was on papers Sept. 22. In order to provide voting security, to avoid possible troubles in the transfer of ballot boxes and for the national will to be reflected in the ballot box, he has asked the Provincial Election Board whether certain polling stations can be relocated at certain provincial and district centers.   

Because it covers more than one province, it will be up to the Supreme Election Board (YSK) to decide on this matter. Before the YSK makes its decision, I want to express my opinion as a citizen. 

1)Governors do not have a right to object to, submit complaints and ask for information from election boards. All administrative officers should apply to their own ministries. Election affairs should especially not be subject to different practices in different provinces. 

2)The Bitlis Governor's efforts based on abrupt speeches of top authorities contradict our state's more than 60-year-old election law. 

3)The basic principle of election law is that all election operations are carried out according to the written principles and methods of election law. Documents, minutes, ballot papers, lists, assistance, taking breaks and determining the location of the voting station cannot be added to the law "because it is necessary."

4)In elections, each neighborhood is an electoral district. Each electoral district is divided into voting station areas. For each voting station, there is a polling station committee.  

5)Ballot boxes cannot be located outside the area it belongs. Committees cannot fulfill their duties outside their own regions, counting is done openly there and without hanging the toll (protocol) at the polling station, their duty is not...