Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Thu, 23 Jul 2026 22:53:34 +0200https://english.radio.cz/first-direct-presidential-election-hits-math-snag-8549313© 2026 Radio Prague International The Czech Republic's first direct presidential election has hit its first snag. On Friday, the Czech Interior Ministry disqualified three out of eleven candidates from the race on the grounds that they failed to collect the required 50,000 valid signatures in support of their bids. But some experts have voiced doubts about the method the ministry used in calculating the number of invalid signatures which they say could lead to lengthy legal battles, and might even delay the actual vote. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/okamura_bobosikova_dlouhy.jpg?timestamp=1591180433 https://english.radio.cz/first-direct-presidential-election-hits-math-snag-8549313 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9