site.btaUp to 20 Polling Stations May Be Opened in Non-EU Countries, Legal Committee Decides
Up to 20 polling stations may be opened outside the diplomatic and consular missions of the Republic of Bulgaria in non-European Union countries, the Parliamentary Committee on Constitutional and Legal Affairs decided on Friday at second reading during the debate of a consolidated bill amending the Election Code. The proposal was made by the Vazrazhdane parliamentary group.
According to Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria (CC-DB) Co-Floor Leader Nadejda Iordanova, this limits the ability of Bulgarians outside the EU to exercise their right to vote.
The Legal Affairs Committee rejected the proposal of the Vazrazhdane parliamentary group that only one electronic application for voting abroad via the Central Election Commission (CEC) website could be submitted from a single IP address. CC-DB’s proposal for no more than four electronic applications was also rejected.
The printing of ballots and related activities has been assigned to and will be supervised by the CEC, the amendments envisage. The Council of Ministers coordinates the activities of the executive power in relation to ensuring the logistical and technical arrangements for the elections and the preparation of the optical devices for the scanning of the paper ballots. The optical devices shall be stored in accordance with procedures determined by a decision of the Council of Ministers.
Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) - United Left Deputy Floor Leader Maya Dimitrova stated that the BSP will make a proposal to postpone the introduction of the optical scanning devices until January 1, 2027.
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