{"id":20440,"date":"2025-09-04T08:37:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T06:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/podlupom.org\/?p=20440"},"modified":"2025-09-04T08:37:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T06:37:06","slug":"psc-and-political-control-breaking-the-weakest-link-in-elections-in-bih","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/podlupom.org\/en\/press\/news\/psc-and-political-control-breaking-the-weakest-link-in-elections-in-bih\/","title":{"rendered":"PSC and Political Control: Breaking the Weakest Link in Elections in BiH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"260\" data-end=\"617\">Coalition for Free and Fair Elections <em data-start=\"302\" data-end=\"315\">\u201cPod lupom\u201d<\/em> has released a new episode of its informational and educational podcast <strong data-start=\"388\" data-end=\"409\">Electoral Compass<\/strong>, which brings the electoral process in Bosnia and Herzegovina closer to citizens in a clear and accessible way, highlighting key challenges and potential solutions to strengthen the integrity of elections.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"619\" data-end=\"875\">The third episode features a discussion on <strong data-start=\"662\" data-end=\"680\">PSCs<\/strong> \u2013 bodies that play a crucial role on election day as they directly decide on every single ballot, and which for years have been described as the \u201cweakest link\u201d in the electoral process in BiH.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"877\" data-end=\"1032\">In the episode entitled <em data-start=\"901\" data-end=\"988\">\u201cPSCs and Political Control: Breaking the Weakest Link in Elections in BiH\u201d<\/em>, host <strong data-start=\"995\" data-end=\"1017\">Hasan Kamenjakovi\u0107<\/strong> speaks with:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1033\" data-end=\"1134\">\n<li data-start=\"1033\" data-end=\"1093\">\n<p data-start=\"1035\" data-end=\"1093\"><strong data-start=\"1035\" data-end=\"1060\">Azra Husari\u0107 Omerovi\u0107<\/strong>, investigative journalist, and<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1094\" data-end=\"1134\">\n<p data-start=\"1096\" data-end=\"1134\"><strong data-start=\"1096\" data-end=\"1112\">Adnan Huski\u0107<\/strong>, political analyst.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1136\" data-end=\"1537\">The conversation opens up key issues, including: how PSCs are formed, political trading of seats within them, the emergence of fictitious political parties, as well as recent legislative amendments that introduced non-partisan chairs and deputy chairs of PSCs. The episode also examines the potential impact of introducing new election technologies on the work of PSCs.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1539\" data-end=\"1754\">\ud83d\udcfa Watch the new episode of the <em data-start=\"1571\" data-end=\"1590\">Electoral Compass<\/em> podcast on the Coalition \u201cPod lupom\u201d YouTube channel: <a class=\"decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ID69V-pgxKI?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"1645\" data-end=\"1705\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/ID69V-pgxKI<\/a><br data-start=\"1705\" data-end=\"1708\" \/>\ud83c\udfa7 The podcast is also available on <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/50EaWngg05qrtUKgSTPHEn?si=NANYt40RTxiwQZMEzEXKgA\">Spotify<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coalition for Free and Fair Elections \u201cPod lupom\u201d has released a new episode of its informational and educational podcast Electoral Compass, which brings the electoral process in Bosnia and Herzegovina closer to citizens in a clear and accessible way, highlighting key challenges and potential solutions to strengthen the integrity of elections. 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