Electronic voting
Bulgarian MPs: Voting Sections Abroad To Have One Urn Only
The Legal Parliamentary Commission has rejected the proposal for amendments to the Electoral Code which stipulate that, via a decision of the Central Election Commission (including on the day of the election itself), voting with paper ballots in voting sections abroad may be done with more than one urn, reported Focus Agency.
Bulgaria to Keep CCTV Cameras in Polling Stations Off on Election Day
The Central Election Commission (CEC) has passed a decision that the CCTV cameras will be switched off in stations where voting is to take place in the presidential elections.
To this end, all devices will be on off mode and will have their lens covered to this end between 07:00 and 20:00 (or 21:00 if voting time is extended) on November 06.
Losers and Activists File Charges about Montenegro Election
The Montenegrin Prosecutor's Office confirmed on Monday that hundreds of criminal complaints had been filed alleging electoral fraud and vote-buying in Sunday's general election, although international observers said thr polls were held in a competitive environment and that fundamental freedoms were generally respected.
Srebrenica: The police guarding voting slips
“The police guarding the voting slips” is in the building in Srebrenica where the ballots from the recent local elections are stored.
The Central Election Commission first stated that the special forces of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Srpska entered the building in Srebrenica in which the ballots are placed.
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Vote Counting Machines to Be Tested Only in Sofia in Presidential Elections
A test of the experimental ballot counting by using special machines will probably be confined to Bulgaria's capital Sofia at the forthcoming presidential vote, an electoral official has said.
Aleksandar Andreev, head of the Central Electoral Committee, has told Focus Radio that the constituencies implementing the method for the first time are yet to be determined.
Bulgarian MPs Keep Provision Allowing Simultaneous Holding of Referendums, Elections
The Bulgarian parliament reversed its decision on one of the amendments to the Electoral Code it had adopted last week, which stipulated that referendums and elections should not be held simultaneously.
Bulgaria to Test Online Voting in 2018
Remote online voting will have its first experimental introduction starting 2018, Bulgarian lawmakers decided on Wednesday.
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Bulgarian MPs Adopt Set of Amendments to Electoral Code
After sitting for more than fourteen hours on Tuesday, members of Bulgaria's parliamentary legal affairs committee adopted at second reading a set of amendments to the Electoral Code.
Bulgarian Parliamentary Committee Moves to Make Voting Compulsory
The Bulgarian legal affairs parliamentary committee adopted at third extraordinary sitting on Tuesday amendments to the Electoral Code which foresee the introduction of compulsory voting.
According to the proposed amendments, voting will become a duty of citizens, with those voting eligible to rewards, while those not casting their ballot will be subject to penalties.
Bulgarian MPs Propose Imposition of Sanctions for Not Voting in Elections
A bill prepared by Bulgarian MPs proposes the imposition of BGN 50 fine for people not voting in elections and depriving them of social benefits for a period of three months.
The bill has been devised and adopted at first reading at the proposal of one of the parties supporting the ruling coalition - the Patriotic Front (PF).