Prime Minister Emil Dimitriev said that all reports of issues with the voting registry should be examined by the State Electoral Commission. Dimitriev added  that there should be no hyping of the process of examining the registry in the public, saying that this is exactly what the process is all about.

"We welcome all reports from citizens regarding the voting registry. They need to be well argumented and they will help contribute to quickly clearing up this hype that is being developed over the examination of the voting registry. The State Electoral Commission knows its jurisdiction and it will consider all relevant laws and regulations. At my meeting with the SEC on Thursday I was informed that these reports will be examined in a very short period of time, because the deadlines to respond to each of them is between three and five days", said Dimitriev, whose role as interim Prime Minister is to help organize the elections scheduled for 5 June.

The voting registry was posted online, and for the first time it allows searching for other voters, based on their name or address. This has caused numerous reports of citizens on social media who say that there are former tenants or unknown persons listed in their apartments. The opposition SDSM party leapt to these reports to claim that the voting registry requires extensive examination.

"I'm an optimist that 90 percent of the reports will be clarified in the initial stages of the process to establish the veracity of the registry. Only a small percentage will actually require checks on the ground. And the SEC is fully prepared to do ground checks as well", Prime Minister Dimitriev said.

Dimitriev said that the opposition is trying to hype up the situation, because it remains uncommitted and afraid from taking part in the elections. The vote was postponed once, on SDSM request, to give more time to examine the voting registry. SDSM continues to trail badly in the polls. The party lost the 2014 elections to VMRO-DPMNE by nearly 200.000 votes, and refused to acknowledge the outcome, claiming voter fraud. SDSM and media affiliated to the party reported this week on instances of large numbers of voters being registered at the same address, and some voters being registered in publicly owned buildings. VMRO-DPMNE responds that the issues are largely due to the fact that small villages often have all their inhabitants listed at the same address. The fact that large percentage of homes in Macedonia are built without permits and are not listed in the Cadastre Agency also contributes to the issues.

"It is important to note that the system is one man - one vote. The address is not relevant and it is used to draw attention from the fact that in general, we do not have a major problem with the voting registry. It's a fact that many people are not accustomed to reporting their change of address, and street names are also being changed. We all know about these facts and they should not be abused to try to tarnish the preparations of the elections", Dimitriev said.