The provision had been criticised for the number of potential voters being too high. Although the problem had been considered in the case of the 2003 local elections as being mostly hypothetical, the Joint Recommendations stated that “had the turnout been higher, this would have created a problem”.[27] As noted in the OSCE/ODIHR 2005 EOM Final Report, observers noted during parliamentary elections that there was overcrowding in nearly 15 % of the polling stations visited, and the final report specifically recommended reducing the number of voters per polling station.[28]
