< strong>In 9,353 sections in the country, voting will be done by machines in the early parliamentary vote on October 27, deputy-president and spokesperson of the Central Election Commission (CEC) Rositsa Mateva said at a press briefing, reported by BTA. She recalled that according to the Election Code, machine voting is available in sections where there are more than 300 voters on the electoral rolls.
After the deadline for submitting applications ends on October 1, the CEC will also decide on the number of sections with a machine and abroad, Mateva explained. According to her, as of 1:30 p.m. today, 13,469,000 applications for voting outside the country have been submitted.
Today expires the period in which a party or coalition can submit an application to delete the registration for participation in the elections in October, Mateva recalled. She pointed out that until now 23 parties and nine coalitions have been registered to participate in the elections in October. Tomorrow, September 25, at 16:00, the lot will be drawn for the numbers of the parties and coalitions on the ballot for the elections, she noted.
Mateva indicated that at 00:00 on September 27, Friday, the election campaign begins, and will end on October 25.
CEC calls on all parties and candidates to conduct a tolerant campaign aimed at citizens, not to violate good morals and not to violate the rules and conditions of the election campaign, said Mateva.
She recalled that last week the CEC obliged the mayors of municipalities to destroy all rolls of voting machines left over from previous elections. By October 4, we expect feedback from all regional governors and mayors of municipalities on how they implemented the CEC's decision.
The only candidate to secure the machine vote was "Siela Norma" AD, Mateva recalled and stated that he hopes they will comply with the requirements of the CEC's decision and all their obligations, as required by the Election Code.