POLLING STATIONS OPEN IN CROATIA FOR BH CITIZENS VOTING IN ABSENTIA

( Editorial: --> 9903 ) ZAGREB, Sept 12 (Hina) - Sixty-four polling stations opened in Croatia at 7 AM on Saturday for Bosnian citizens voting in absentia in the two-day general election being held in Bosnia-Herzegovina this weekend. Seventy-six thousand Bosnian voters have been registered to cast their ballots, most of whom will do so in Zagreb and Slavonski Brod. According to the Croatian government's Office for Displaced Persons and Refugees, all Bosnian citizens of age who registered for voting during 1997 and 1998 have the right to cast their ballots. Polling stations will be open by 7 PM. Voters must bring an identification document or a form proving their refugee status. They may cast their ballot at the polling station ascribed to them during registration or the one they voted at last year. At the polling stations, voters will be welcomed by 398 members of voters' committees and 73 Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe supervisors. The ballot-casting in Croatia will be monitored by 150 domestic and international observers. (hina) ha 121100 MET sep 98