Croats vote in the presidential election Croats vote and react as the country's conservative head of state -- trying to unite a fractured right wing -- faces a serious challenge from a leftist former prime minister as the nation goes to the polls in a presidential election. Some 3.8 million people are eligible to vote in a poll that is being held just days after Croatia took over the European Union's helm for a six-month period, which will be dominated by Brexit and the bloc's enlargement. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES