Latgale election commissions ready to act even under an orange air-threat alert

Election commissions in the Latgale region have prepared for the possibility that an orange-level warning about a threat to airspace could be declared on election day. The commissions have worked out a specific action algorithm for this scenario and have designated the people responsible for ensuring that voting at polling stations would not be interrupted.

Preparing for different scenarios

The designated officials know what steps to take if the alert level is raised precisely during the voting process. The goal is to make sure voters can still exercise their right to vote even in an emergency situation, without halting the election process at polling stations.

Information about the prepared plan is being shared to reduce public uncertainty about what would happen to voting if the security situation were to worsen. The specific steps to be taken, and the order in which they would be carried out, are known to the officials who will be working at the polling stations.

There is no indication that such a warning is actually expected or planned — this is a matter of advance preparation for a possible scenario, so that election organizers would not be caught off guard should such a situation arise.