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    "country": "SI",
    "country_name": "Slovenia",
    "date": "2027-12-05",
    "date_status": "tentative",
    "kind": "runoff",
    "conditional": "Held only if no candidate wins a majority of the valid votes in the first round (Constitution art. 103; ZVPR art. 22). The vote is then repeated between the two candidates with the most votes, no later than 21 days after the first round; DVK calls it by decree published in the Uradni list (ZVPR arts. 23-24). Date shown is the latest Sunday that satisfies the ZVPR art. 4 deadline (see the timetable note).",
    "timezone": "Europe/Ljubljana",
    "status": "scheduled",
    "last_verified_at": "2026-09-25T12:00:00Z",
    "stale": false,
    "stale_reason": null,
    "provenance": {
      "from": "researcher agent 2026-09-25: Constitution art. 103 (DVK copy); ZVPR arts. 3-6, 20-25 and ZVDZ arts. 68, 86, 87, 89.a (pisrs.si); Razpis volitev predsednika republike, Uradni list RS 97/22; DVK 2022 presidential page; DVK records in Uradni list RS 140/2022 and 151/2022; RTV SLO reports of 23 Dec 2022, 23 Nov 2025 and 22 Mar 2026",
      "licence": "CC BY 4.0 (Election Index)"
    },
    "url": "https://electionindex.org/election/slovenia-presidential-2027-r2",
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        "key": "slovenia-presidential-2027-r2/president",
        "name": "President of the Republic",
        "body": "head-of-state",
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        "polls_close_utc": "2027-12-05T18:00:00Z",
        "authority": {
          "id": "si-dvk",
          "name": "State Election Commission",
          "name_local": "Državna volilna komisija",
          "role": "electoral-commission",
          "homepage": "https://www.dvk-rs.si/",
          "results_index": "https://volitve.dvk-rs.si/",
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        },
        "status": "scheduled",
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        "final_observed": null,
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          "from": "2027-12-13T11:00:00Z",
          "by": "2027-12-27T22:59:59Z",
          "confidence": "precedent",
          "basis": "ZVPR art. 22-23: DVK determines the result of the repeat vote; art. 25: it reports to the Speaker and publishes the result in the Uradni list. Ballots from abroad count if received by 12:00 on the eighth day (ZVDZ art. 87 via ZVPR art. 20), Mon 13 Dec 2027 11:00 UTC, the floor. 2022 precedent: DVK adopted the final record of the 13 Nov 2022 second round at its 53rd session on 1 Dec 2022, day 18, published in Uradni list RS 151/2022 on 2 Dec 2022. The window closes at the end of Mon 27 Dec 2027 CET, day 22, four days past precedent; replacedAt (day 18) is an estimate. The outgoing term expires on 22 Dec 2027; on this latest-date schedule the precedent pace would put the record on 23 Dec, so an earlier certification is likely but not stated in law. No court confirmation step, so no court-validation stage."
        },
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          {
            "stage": "election-night",
            "from": "2027-12-05T18:00:00Z",
            "by": "2027-12-06T05:00:00Z",
            "replacedAt": "2027-12-13T11:00:00Z",
            "confidence": "precedent",
            "citation": "Polling runs 07:00-19:00 (ZVDZ art. 68, applied by ZVPR art. 20); station results may not be announced before 19:00 (ZVDZ art. 86). 5 Dec 2027 is CET (UTC+1): close 18:00 UTC. DVK publishes an unofficial count on its results site through the night. Precedent from recent national votes: 99.9% counted by 21:56 CET at the 23 Nov 2025 referendum and 99.85% by 02:20 CET at the 22 Mar 2026 National Assembly election (RTV SLO, rtvslo.si 764976 and 777093); one race on one ballot here. The window closes at 06:00 CET Monday. Unofficial; postal votes from abroad come later.",
            "source": null,
            "observedAt": null,
            "observedSource": null
          },
          {
            "stage": "intermediate-count",
            "from": "2027-12-13T11:00:00Z",
            "by": "2027-12-15T22:59:59Z",
            "replacedAt": "2027-12-23T11:00:00Z",
            "confidence": "estimate",
            "citation": "Postal ballots from abroad count if received by 12:00 on the eighth day after polling (ZVDZ art. 87 via ZVPR art. 20), and DVK adds the embassy/consulate and foreign postal votes (ZVDZ art. 89.a). That the live results page shows this updated count before DVK's record is an ESTIMATE from the 2026 National Assembly election (Delo/STA: DVK's page added the foreign postal votes on day 8, Mon 30 Mar 2026, and more the next morning, with embassy/consulate votes still to come).",
            "source": null,
            "observedAt": null,
            "observedSource": null
          },
          {
            "stage": "final-result",
            "from": "2027-12-13T11:00:00Z",
            "by": "2027-12-27T22:59:59Z",
            "replacedAt": null,
            "confidence": "precedent",
            "citation": "ZVPR art. 22-23: DVK determines the result of the repeat vote; art. 25: it reports to the Speaker and publishes the result in the Uradni list. Ballots from abroad count if received by 12:00 on the eighth day (ZVDZ art. 87 via ZVPR art. 20), Mon 13 Dec 2027 11:00 UTC, the floor. 2022 precedent: DVK adopted the final record of the 13 Nov 2022 second round at its 53rd session on 1 Dec 2022, day 18, published in Uradni list RS 151/2022 on 2 Dec 2022. The window closes at the end of Mon 27 Dec 2027 CET, day 22, four days past precedent; replacedAt (day 18) is an estimate. The outgoing term expires on 22 Dec 2027; on this latest-date schedule the precedent pace would put the record on 23 Dec, so an earlier certification is likely but not stated in law. No court confirmation step, so no court-validation stage.",
            "source": null,
            "observedAt": null,
            "observedSource": null
          }
        ],
        "sources": [
          {
            "url": "https://volitve.dvk-rs.si/",
            "role": "results-live",
            "kind": "emb_home",
            "kindReason": "site root: cannot answer a results question",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "DVK results host (index), not a page for this election. On 25 Sep 2026 its root showed the National Assembly 2026 results (volitve.dvk-rs.si/dz2026/; read via r.jina.ai, direct requests get a Cloudflare challenge). The 2022 presidential figures are archived at https://www.dvk-rs.si/arhivi/volitve2022/vp2022/. The 2027 path is not published and is not guessed here. Unofficial count, not the DVK record.",
            "check": null
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          {
            "url": "https://www.dvk-rs.si/volitve-in-referendumi/predsednik-republike/volitve-predsednika-rs/volitve-predsednika-rs-leto-2022/",
            "role": "timetable",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "election page without a results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "DVK page for the 2022 presidential election (precedent): first round 23 Oct 2022, second round 13 Nov 2022, the 2022 timetables (rokovnik) and the second-round final record (Uradni list RS 151/2022). No 2027 page yet.",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://pisrs.si/pregledPredpisa?id=ZAKO100",
            "role": "timetable",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "election page without a results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "DATE WORKING (tentative): Constitution art. 103 and ZVPR art. 3: five-year term. The incumbent took the oath before the National Assembly on 22 Dec 2022 and began the five-year term on 23 Dec 2022 (RTV SLO, rtvslo.si article 651994, 23 Dec 2022), so the term expires on 22 Dec 2027. ZVPR art. 4 (and Constitution art. 103): the election 'morajo biti opravljene najkasneje petnajst dni pred iztekom petletne mandatne dobe' - by Tue 7 Dec 2027. Polling day is a Sunday or another work-free day (art. 6). If no candidate wins a majority of valid votes the vote is repeated between the top two 'najkasneje enaindvajset dni po prvem glasovanju' (arts. 23-24); read as the whole election, the latest Sunday for the second round is 5 Dec 2027 and, with the 21-day gap used in 2022 (23 Oct and 13 Nov 2022, DVK 2022 page), the latest first round is 14 Nov 2027. These LATEST dates are used here; recent practice was earlier (2022: late October). The Speaker of the National Assembly calls the election 135 to 75 days before the term expires (ZVPR art. 5), i.e. between 9 Aug and 8 Oct 2027, with polling 60-90 days after the calling date; in 2022 the decree of 20 Jul 2022 (Uradni list RS 97/22) set polling for 23 Oct 2022 with tasks from 22 Aug 2022. Early-election risk: if the mandate ends early, the election must be held within 105 days (ZVPR art. 4).",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2027_Slovenian_presidential_election",
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            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "election page without a results marker",
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            "origin": "race",
            "check": null
          },
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            "url": "https://www.dvk-rs.si/",
            "role": "authority-home",
            "kind": "emb_home",
            "kindReason": "site root: cannot answer a results question",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "authority",
            "check": null
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        "government": null,
        "url": "https://electionindex.org/election/slovenia-presidential-2027-r2#president"
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