Voting
Plevneliev Urges Changes to Election Rules to Boost Turnout, Reduce Vote Buying
Bulgaria's President Rosen Plevneliev on Wednesday sumbitted to parliament a proposal to hold a national referendum on amendments to voting rules alongside the local elections on 25 October.
In remarks released by his office Plevneliev explained that the changes aim to reduce the weight of manipulated or controlled vote in the overall results and boost voter turnout.
Bulgaria's President Proposes to Hold Local Elections on 25 October
Bulgaria's President Rosen Plevneliev on Wednesday proposed to hold local elections on 25 October 2015.
Plevneliev also sumbitted to parliament a proposal to hold a national referendum on amendments to voting rules alongisde the local elections.
Voting abroad over, turnout 36 percent
The voting for Turkey's June 7 general elections has ended in 54 countries with more than 1 million people voting abroad, mainly in European countries.
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As Turks begin voting in more countries, general election turnout increases on weekend
Turkish citizens living in Italy, UK, Russia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Macedonia have begun casting their votes to participate in Turkey's general election that officially starts on June 7, boosting turnout with more votes from abroad.
Numerical guide to Turkish editors
Never use the numerical phrase '52 percent' in any of your texts, even if it is an economy story. Other problematic numbers in the Turkish language are 31 and 69. Avoid them altogether Dear editors in Turkey,
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Polling committee head dismissed in Germany over multiple vote attempt
A polling committee head living in Frankfurt has been caught while attempting to vote in the name of somebody else in Turkey's upcoming June 7 general election.
The president of the number six ballot box Hasan Tüfek, who is also a religious official in the city, cast his own vote on May 14 and took photos of himself while voting.
18,260,276 voters enlisted in Electoral Register
As many as 18,260,276 voting citizens were recorded on May 5 in the Electoral Register, according to a release by the Permanent Electoral Authority (AEP), sent AGERPRES on Monday.
Photo credit: (c) Cristian NISTOR / AGERPRES ARCHIVE
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University students unable to vote
I was in the western province of Mu?la. The downtown is lively with its streets, cafes and movie theaters? The lively side of the city is the university students. In the campus of the S?tk? Koçman University, there are 35,000 students.
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Turkish court refuses to hear election threshold complaints
The Constitutional Court has once again refused to hear appeals to remove the 10 percent election threshold, which parties in the country need to surpass in order to win representation in parliament.
ABV Backs Plevneliev's Proposal for Referendum on Election Law
ABV, one of the parties supporting the coalition government, expressed its complete agreement with the proposal of Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev for holding a referendum on electoral rules.