TAKE A LOOK: Queues also took place at the election in Prague
It was similar in Prague 6. The polling stations in the pedagogical and social high school, the secondary school and the grammar school in Evropská street in Prague 6 burst at the seams after the second hour. The whole school was practically full of people, queues formed in front of the classrooms in the corridors, and in some places it was necessary to walk so that one would not bump into anyone.
Two whole school floors were prepared for the elections. Anyone who has trouble climbing the stairs had to wait a long minute for the elevator. Several seniors with crutches were waiting in front of the elevator. “We are going to Moravia for the weekend, so we needed to be canceled quickly so that we could leave immediately. We arrived before two o’clock and waited in line for about ten minutes, “Jan Prášek from Dejvice confided in the Prague daily.
The election commissions have their hands full, at least between two and three o’clock in the afternoon, it certainly did not seem that the members of the commission would come to rest. “As you can see, people are quite, hard to guess, it will definitely run away quickly. Then it will only be long to count, “said one of the members of the commission, Jiřina Koutná.
In the polling station on Resslova Street in Nové Město, the interest in the elections for the first hour since their beginning was very decent. “People are walking and we have not had any longer delays in ticking the selected list yet,” the chairman of the commission, Patrik Hořínek, told the Prague daily.
Many Praguers have no change
Many Praguers expect and want change from these elections. “I would definitely like a different premiere and also that the new government pay more attention to climate issues,” said Lucie Michálková after her vote. She linked the election to picking up a child at school. “I was determined who to vote for, so there was nothing to put off,” he said.
At 2 pm, the mayor of Prague, Zdeněk Hřib (Pirates), also recalled. “There was already a queue in front of the polling station. Lots of people. It looks like there is a huge demand for change, “he wrote on his Twitter account.
Canceled at 14:00. ?
There was already a queue in front of the polling station. Lots of people. There seems to be a huge demand for change. Don’t let your voice, which you influence, lose, any way our country will go in the next 4 years! ✌? pic.twitter.com/zUlv7MRMaE– Zdenek Hrib (@ZdenekHrib) October 8, 2021
Mrs. Jana from Vršovice was also among the first at the urn. “I went early to get it over with. I always go as soon as possible, “she confided. In addition to the people registered on the voter list, those from elsewhere with a voting card were added. In the room in Vladivostocká Street, two cross-country skiers managed the appeal by 2.30 pm.
The British Embassy in Prague today reduced working hours so that Czech employees can go to the polls. “We are closing the embassy soon. We do not want anyone to have time to vote, “said British Ambassador Nick Archer.