Slovakia is voting for a new president, with front runner, Zuzana Caputova facing European Union Commissioner Maros Sefcovic.
The two candidates got the most votes in the first round a fortnight ago, but failed to gain the 50% needed to win.
If elected, Ms Caputova, a lawyer and anti-corruption activist with almost no political experience, will be the first female Slovak president.
The election follows the murder of an investigative journalist last year.
Jan Kuciak was looking into links between politicians and organised crime when he was shot alongside his fiancée in February 2018.
Slovaks will elect their new president in the second round of the presidential election. The election is down to two names: Zuzana Čaputová and Maroš Šefčovič.
The polling stations opened at 7:00 and will close at 22:00.
Every Slovak citizen who has reached the age of 18 on the day of the elections can vote for the president. Voting is only possible on Slovak territory though.
Slovaks living abroad can take part in the elections, but only if they are in Slovakia on the day they are held. The election committee should inscribe them on the voters’ list and also make a note in their passport, as the law stipulates.
There are about 4.45 million eligible voters.
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