„The CEC has decided that we will pay each member of the sectional election commission (SEC) an additional 25 BGN if the protocols are filled in correctly. We urge them not to hurry, to fill in the draft protocols. The draft protocols are available on our website and can be exercised”. This was stated by the Deputy Chairman of the CEC, Rositsa Mateva, in the “Interview in NOVA News”.
She assured that everything is under control for the election day. “The ballots have arrived in the regional cities, in the municipal administrations. The machines have started, there will be time to test them. "Both the machines and the ballots have arrived abroad," Mateva said.
Regarding the incident with the destruction of papers from previous elections, she explained that yesterday the CEC sent a second letter to the mayor of Sofia. They met with the deputy mayor and secretary of the Metropolitan Municipality, and they also contacted the Minister of Internal Affairs. “Security was organized for the premises where unused rolls of paper for machine voting are stored. Our decision is to destroy them after the vote on June 9. These are not election papers and materials. "They have nothing to do with the appealed election results," Mateva explained.
Hopefully there won't be too many last-minute replacements and the trained members of the Section Election Commissions will be at the polls on Sunday, she explained about the preparation of election commission members.