Electronic voting
Bulgaria Elects, CEC: More than 10 Sections Go to Paper Voting
Problems with voting machines in many places in Bulgaria. In 5 sections in the country, the Central Election Commission / CEC / decided yesterday to move to ballot paper voting due to problems with machines. This was said by CEC Chairwoman Kamelia Neykova. The five sections are in Dobrich, Karnobat, Brusartsi, Polski Trambesh and the village of Yankovo.
Bulgaria's Parliament Elections: 23 Parties and Coalitions Take Part in the July 11 Elections
On July 11, 2021, Bulgaria holds parliamentary elections.
A total of 23 parties and coalitions take part in the July 11 elections and 5,081 MP candidates are running for 240 seats in Parliament.
CEC Set Rules of Video Recording and Broadcasting in Election Day
The Central Election Commission has determined the conditions and rules for video recording and video broadcasting, taking into account the results of the voting in the polling stations.
It will take place after the end of the Election day - when the voting is declared over, during which the recording of voters' lists is not allowed.
Voting Machines Cannot be Manipulated: Central Election Commission in Bulgaria
All 421 voting machines have already been delivered abroad. The machines that will be used in Bulgaria will be delivered to the polling stations on Saturday, the Chairperson of the Central Election Commission Kamelia Neykova said for the Bulgarian National Television.
Allegations of voter suppression as referendum voting starts
Ljubljana – Proponents of the referendum on the waters act have sharply criticised the organisation of the voting, alleging voter suppression regarding information on how and where people can vote early and polling station staffing. “We are faced with inadmissible curtailing of voting rights,” Aljoša Petek of the Legal Information Centre said on Tuesday.
Democratic Bulgaria Wants Independent Audit of Voting Machines
Democratic Bulgaria sent a letter to the management of the State Agency for Electronic Government (DAEU), urging guarantees that an independent inspection of the voting machines would take place on July 11th.
Political coalition emphasizes that it is therefore necessary to give access to experts appointed by the political parties to the source code of the software of the machines.
All Additional 1,637 Voting Machines for Upcoming Elections Are Delivered Announced Caretaker Cabinet
All 1,637 voting machines needed for the elections have been delivered, caretaker Prime Minister Stefan Yanev said before the start of the weekly government meeting on June 30.
Machine Voting in Partial Local Elections Caused No Major Problems Says Member of CEC
Dimitar Dimitrov, Deputy Chairman of the Central Election Commission, said that there had been no reports of voting machines malfunctions. Voting has not been suspended or stopped due to voting machine malfunction, he said, commenting on media stories about glitches in machine voting caused by the hot weather.
Bulgarian CEC Signed Contract for Technical Support of Voting Machines for Upcoming Elections
The Central Election Commission (CEC) signed a contract with Ciela-Norma company to provide technical and logistical support for the machine voting for partial local elections and the July 11th parliamentary vote.
Bulgaria: Additional 800 Voting Machines Expected from Taiwan
More than 700 polling stations will be equipped with more than one voting machine for the early general elections on July 11, Rositsa Mateva, Deputy Chairperson and Spokesperson for the Central Election Commission, said in an interview for bTV.