The voting process in Sunday's presidential runoff is calm except for several cases of unprofessional conduct and inadequate training on the part of electoral committees which were reported by non-anonymous citizens, the non-party election monitoring nongovernmental organisation GONG said

Several voters complained to GONG about members of electoral committees asking them to produce certificates proving a change in the place of voting, even though it was unnecessary as they had requested to vote outside their usual place of residence on time and had already been entered in the voters’ register.

Citizens also reported disregard for the electioneering ban, such as the distribution of leaflets against candidate Zoran Milanovic in Zadar and leaflets against candidate Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic is Split. Also reported was the case of a municipal head who on the municipality’s website called on citizens to vote for Grabar-Kitarovic. His post was removed after an intervention by the State Election Commission (DIP).

A priest was reported for calling on voters to vote for one of the candidates at a polling station in Petrinja.

Queues were reported at polling stations in Mostar, neighbouring Bosnia and Herzegovina, but there are no reports of irregularities for the time being.

GONG called on electoral committees to visit voters who cannot go to the polls, to visit them at home and enable them to exercise their right, recalling that during the first election round it had received dozens of complaints about members of electoral committees not being able to visit voters at home.

Earlier in the day, presidential candidate Zoran Milanovic was verbally assaulted by a voter while leaving his polling station in Zagreb.

An unidentified man started shouting insults at Milanovic as he was leaving the polling station.

DIP said that it did not receive a report on the incident, noting that it happened outside the polling station, in the street.