POLLING STATIONS OPEN IN CROATIA FOR BOSNIA ELECTIONS

ZAGREB, Sept 13 (Hina) - In Croatia, 62 polling stations opened at 07.00 am Saturday for voting of Bosnia-Herzegovina's citizens at Bosnia local elections. The opening of the polling station in Knin has been postponed for Saturday afternoon, as the OSCE (Organisation for Security and Cooperation) has not yet delivered ballots in that central Croatian town. Ballots are expected to be delivered during Saturday morning. Bosnian citizens can vote from 07.00 am to 07.00 pm either on Saturday or on Sunday in Croatia as well. According to OSCE figures, there are 60,134 eligible Bosnian voters in Croatia, and most of them are registered in the capital Zagreb and Slavonski Brod. Before the polling stations opened it was established that there was not the sufficient number of ballots which the OSCE should have delivered and this organisation has said to do that in the course of the day. In Croatia, 359 members of electorate committees and 70 OSCE supervisors and 94 OSCE observers are being engaged in the Bosnian election. Voters should show their registration papers with the number of the polling station where they can cast their ballots. The addresses of polling stations in the country have been published by the Croatian media. (hina) mš 131130 MET sep 97