Czech presidential elections get underway on American continent

Voting on the American continent in the first round of Czech presidential elections gets underway on Thursday. The ballot boxes will be open between 2 and 9 pm local time at Czech embassies and consulates general in North and South America. This is in order to ensure that votes cast in those territories can be counted and published immediately after the close of voting in Czechia at 2 pm on Saturday.

The polls will open in Czechia itself at 2 pm on Friday. A second round of the elections will be held a fortnight later if, as expected, no candidate receives more than 50 percent in the first round.