Floods complicate but do not stop elections in affected regions

Voting is also underway in municipalities of the Moravia-Silesia and Olomouc regions, which were hit by floods last weekend. The Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ) tested all 472 vote-counting stations on Tuesday, with only two remaining inaccessible. If those cannot be restored, the CSÚ will relocate them to backup locations, ensuring that the election results will not be affected, according to spokesperson Jan Cieslar. However, vote counting is expected to be delayed compared to normal due to the merging of election commissions in some districts and disrupted transport infrastructure.