Presidential candidates vote in Slovenia

(13 Nov 2022)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Radomlje, Slovenia - 13 November 2022
1. Campaign billboard showing Natasa Pirc Musar
2. Pirc Musar at polling station picking up ballot to vote
3. Pirc Musar casting ballot and walking away
4. SOUNDBITE (Slovenian) Natasa Pirc Musar, presidential candidate:
"This is my last step in what has been a five-month campaign. The next is the future, a bright new future."
5. Pirc Musar with her partner walking away
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ljubljana, Slovenia - 13 November 2022
6. Anze Logar arriving at polling station
7. Various of Logar and his partner registering to vote
8. Logar casting his ballot
9. SOUNDBITE (Slovenian) Anze Logar, presidential candidate:
"I fulfilled my civic duty. I voted in favour of cooperation and (the) future, and I hope this will also be the majority vote of Slovenia."
10. Logar with his partner walking away
STORYLINE:
The two contenders in Slovenia's presidential election cast their ballots on Sunday.
Liberal candidate Natasa Pirc Musar was leading in the pre-election polls against conservative Anze Logar, although she trailed the former foreign minister in the first round of voting two weeks ago.
Slovenians were voting in a presidential runoff on Sunday that could elect the small European Union’s country's first female head of state, as well as representing a test for the country's new liberal government.
After casting her ballot, Pirc Musar said her next step was towards a "bright new future."
While Logar acknowledged that he had fulfilled his "civic duty" after casting his vote.
Adding, "I voted in favour of cooperation and (the) future, and I hope this will also be the majority vote of Slovenia."
Logar served under former populist Prime Minister, Janez Jansa, who moved Slovenia to the right while in power and faced accusations of undemocratic and divisive policies.
In this campaign, Logar aimed to present himself as a unifier.
The winner will succeed President Borut Pahor, a centrist politician who sought to bridge Slovenia's left-right political divide during his decade in office.
Having served two five-year terms, Pahor was ineligible to seek a third.
A victory for Logar in the second round would be interpreted as a setback for the liberal ruling coalition that ousted Jansa from power six months ago.
Polls close at 7 p.m. (1800 GMT) local time and official results are expected a few hours later.
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