The campaign for the April 2 snap general elections in Bulgaria kicked off on March 3. The next vote will be the fifth in two years. The failed attempts to form a regular cabinet, as well as the controversy over the amendments to the Electoral..
"Democratic Bulgaria" will appeal with the administrative court the decision of the Central Electoral Commission to enter the voting data after the counting of the votes from the paper and machine ballots together in the polling stations protocols ...
Vote-buying practices will worsen in upcoming parliamentary elections due to the reintroduction of paper ballots , says caretaker Interior Minister Ivan Demerdzhiev. The National Assembly cancelled all machine voting and brought back the..
"One kind of voting technology will produce a certain kind of favorite. Another kind of technology will produce a different favorite. Machine voting strengthened the parliamentary representation of parties that are less visible. However, this..
"We will be able to organize the early elections without stress if they are scheduled for April 23. However, April 2 is also an option, the Central Election Commission’s Deputy Chairperson Tsvetozar Tomov said for the BNR. "It would be a..
Bulgaria’s P arliament overrode a presidential veto on amendments to the Electoral Code. The revisions were supported by GERB, the Movement for Rights and Freedoms and the B ulgarian S ocialist P arty. "We Continue the Change",..
At a sitting of the National Assembly that dragged on for 18 hours, the MPs voted (with the votes of GERB-SDS, the Movement for Rights and Freedoms and the Bulgarian Socialist Party), at second reading, that voters shall exercise their right to vote..
Cizitens protesting against the return of paper ballot s blocked traffic in front of the National Assembly in Sofia. According to protesters, the return of paper ballots will result in a large number of invalid ballot papers and vote control...
The debate on the amendments to the Electoral Code continued in the parliament for four hours. As a result, the MPs were able to vote only on the title of the document - "Bill to amend and supplement the Electoral Code", or such as was tabled by the..
We can guarantee fair elections with machines, with paper ballots and with a fingerprint if we have to, but this saga now is unnecessary , the caretaker government spokesman Anton Kutev told BNR. He considers "irresponsible the disputes in the parliament"..
