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    "country": "SK",
    "country_name": "Slovakia",
    "date": "2029-04-14",
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    "kind": "presidential",
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    "timezone": "Europe/Bratislava",
    "status": "scheduled",
    "last_verified_at": "2026-09-25T12:00:00Z",
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    "provenance": {
      "from": "researcher agent 2026-09-25: Constitution 460/1992 arts. 101, 103, 129 and Act 180/2014 §§20, 33, 106, 111-115 (static.slov-lex.sk consolidated texts); Speaker's decision No. 1/2024 Coll. (via volby.statistics.sk); volby.statistics.sk PREZ 2024 results pages; minv.sk presidential election page; TASR (teraz.sk) 15 Jun 2024 on the inauguration",
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    "url": "https://electionindex.org/election/slovakia-presidential-2029",
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        "key": "slovakia-presidential-2029/president",
        "name": "President of the Slovak Republic",
        "body": "head-of-state",
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        "polls_close_utc": "2029-04-14T20:00:00Z",
        "authority": {
          "id": "sk-sk",
          "name": "State Commission for Elections and Control of Political Party Financing",
          "name_local": "Štátna komisia pre voľby a kontrolu financovania politických strán",
          "role": "electoral-commission",
          "homepage": "https://www.minv.sk/?uvod-komisia-pre-volby",
          "results_index": "https://volby.statistics.sk/",
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        "status": "scheduled",
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        "final_expected": {
          "from": "2029-04-15T05:00:00Z",
          "by": "2029-04-18T21:59:59Z",
          "confidence": "precedent",
          "basis": "Act 180/2014 §33(2): the State Commission publishes the overall result after signing its record (§113) on the Statistical Office's website; §114: the declaration names the winner or the two candidates advancing to the second round. The law sets no deadline. 2024 precedent: volby.statistics.sk/prez/prez2024/sk/suhrnne_vysledky_kolo1.html shows 'Dátum a čas zverejnenia výsledkov 1. kola: 24.03.2024 09:30', the morning after the vote. The opening (07:00 CEST Sunday) is an ESTIMATED floor; the window closes at the end of Thursday, CEST, four days past precedent, because no statutory deadline binds it. The Constitutional Court rules on the constitutionality and legality of the election only on a complaint (Constitution arts. 101(9), 129(2)); it does not confirm the result, so there is no court-validation stage. The elected candidate takes office at noon on 15 Jun 2029 (art. 101(7))."
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            "from": "2029-04-14T20:00:00Z",
            "by": "2029-04-15T08:00:00Z",
            "replacedAt": "2029-04-15T08:00:00Z",
            "confidence": "precedent",
            "citation": "Act 180/2014 §20(3): voting on a Saturday, 07:00-22:00; 22:00 CEST = 20:00 UTC (summer time from 25 Mar 2029). Precinct and district commissions report electronically (§§110-112) and the running count appears on volby.statistics.sk overnight. 2024 precedent (first round, Sat 23 Mar 2024, CET): the State Commission's result was already published at 09:30 CET on Sun 24 Mar 2024, so the count was complete by then. The window closes at 10:00 CEST Sunday. Running count, not the State Commission's result. Working: President Pellegrini took the oath and office on 15 Jun 2024 (TASR, teraz.sk, 15 Jun 2024); the term is five years (Constitution art. 101(2)), so it expires on 15 Jun 2029, when the successor swears in at noon (art. 101(7)). Art. 103(3): the Speaker calls the election so that the first round takes place 'najneskôr 60 dní pred uplynutím funkčného obdobia úradujúceho prezidenta', i.e. by 16 Apr 2029 (a Monday); elections are held on a Saturday (Act 180/2014 §20(3)), so the latest first round is Saturday 14 Apr 2029, used here as the tentative date. The second round follows 'do 14 dní' (art. 101(4); §115(1)) - by Saturday 28 Apr 2029. Precedent is earlier: 2014 15/29 Mar, 2019 16/30 Mar, 2024 23 Mar/6 Apr (the 2024 decision set both rounds at once, 14 days apart). If polling falls before 25 Mar 2029 the close is 21:00 UTC (CET), not 20:00. An early vacancy would bring the election forward (art. 103(3), second sentence).",
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          {
            "stage": "final-result",
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            "by": "2029-04-18T21:59:59Z",
            "replacedAt": null,
            "confidence": "precedent",
            "citation": "Act 180/2014 §33(2): the State Commission publishes the overall result after signing its record (§113) on the Statistical Office's website; §114: the declaration names the winner or the two candidates advancing to the second round. The law sets no deadline. 2024 precedent: volby.statistics.sk/prez/prez2024/sk/suhrnne_vysledky_kolo1.html shows 'Dátum a čas zverejnenia výsledkov 1. kola: 24.03.2024 09:30', the morning after the vote. The opening (07:00 CEST Sunday) is an ESTIMATED floor; the window closes at the end of Thursday, CEST, four days past precedent, because no statutory deadline binds it. The Constitutional Court rules on the constitutionality and legality of the election only on a complaint (Constitution arts. 101(9), 129(2)); it does not confirm the result, so there is no court-validation stage. The elected candidate takes office at noon on 15 Jun 2029 (art. 101(7)).",
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            "observedAt": null,
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        "sources": [
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            "url": "https://volby.statistics.sk/",
            "role": "results-live",
            "kind": "emb_home",
            "kindReason": "site root: cannot answer a results question",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "Results index run by the Statistical Office for the State Commission (Act 180/2014 §33(2)). Not a page for this election. Checked 25 Sep 2026: the index lists presidential elections up to 2024, and https://volby.statistics.sk/prez/prez2029/sk/index.html returns 404. PREDICTED, not seen: volby.statistics.sk/prez/prez2029/sk/ (2024 used volby.statistics.sk/prez/prez2024/sk/index.html with suhrnne_vysledky_kolo1.html and suhrnne_vysledky_kolo2.html).",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.minv.sk/?volby-prezidentsr",
            "role": "timetable",
            "kind": "emb_home",
            "kindReason": "site root: cannot answer a results question",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "Ministry of the Interior page for presidential elections; on 25 Sep 2026 it still shows 2024 (decision No. 1/2024 Coll.: first round Saturday 23 Mar 2024 and second round Saturday 6 Apr 2024, both 07:00-22:00). The 2029 decision must be published at least 55 days before polling day (Act 180/2014 §106(1)).",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://static.slov-lex.sk/static/SK/ZZ/1992/460/20251101.html",
            "role": "timetable",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "election page without a results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "Constitution of the Slovak Republic (460/1992 Coll.), consolidated text from 1 Nov 2025: art. 101(2),(4),(7) (five-year term, majority rule, second round within 14 days, oath at noon on the day the predecessor's term ends); art. 103(3) (first round at the latest 60 days before the incumbent's term expires).",
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            "url": "https://static.slov-lex.sk/static/SK/ZZ/2014/180/20260601.html",
            "role": "timetable",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "election page without a results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "Act No. 180/2014 Coll., consolidated text in force from 1 Jun 2026 (Slov-Lex static version): §20(3) polling hours, §33 publication of results, §106 calling the election, §§111-115 counting, results and second round.",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Slovak_presidential_election",
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            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "no election or results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "check": null
          },
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            "url": "https://www.minv.sk/?uvod-komisia-pre-volby",
            "role": "authority-home",
            "kind": "emb_home",
            "kindReason": "site root: cannot answer a results question",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "authority",
            "check": null
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