Electoral Commission

The government approved the cost plan for the expenses for the preparation and execution of the parliamentary elections on October 2, 2022. The approved funds are in the amount of BGN 70.5(EUR 35.7) million.

The upcoming parliamentary elections on 4 April will cost the state budget over BGN 65 million.

"In order to ensure fair and transparent elections, today we are allocating BGN 65,251,000 for various election activities," said Prime Minister Boyko Borissov during the regular sitting of the Council of Ministers.

Political parties in North Macedonia are spending more cash on electoral promotion since 2018, when the country started paying for the airing of their promotions on TV and radio stations and in newspapers and portals.

Deputies from GERB, "United Patriots" and "Volya" undertake a legislative initiative to change the Electoral Code, which proposes to abolish the possibility of a machine vote in local and parliamentary elections. The news was announced by the chairwoman of the legal commission and GERB member Anna Alexandrova at a briefing in the parliament, BGNES reported.

The government also allocated an additional BGN 9 million to the Central Electoral Commission to secure the machine vote for the upcoming elections to the European Parliament on 26 May.

They will cover additional costs for the CEC to ensure machine vote during the European elections.

The Central Electoral Commission approved 100 election papers for the election of members of the European Parliament from the Republic of Bulgaria on 26 May 2019. The approved papers will be published in the State Newspaper tomorrow.

The Central Electoral Commission announces an open doors day and invites all citizens who wish to attend the regular Commission meeting today.

The occasion is the Global Election Day, reported the Bulgarian National Television. 

If preparations run to schedule, the earliest possible date for the crucial referendum on Macedonia's name will be September 16, or maybe September 23, a well-informed source from the main ruling Social Democrats told BIRN on condition of anonymity.

The deadline for candidates to submit their applications to take part in Serbia's presidential elections expired on March 12 at midnight

The Electoral Commission (RIK) received 12 candidatures, and as of Monday afternoon, confirmed eleven.

The deadline for candidates to submit their applications to take part in Serbia's presidential elections has expired at midnight.

The Electoral Commission (RIK) received 12 candidatures, and as of Monday afternoon, confirmed ten.