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Elections in a row: About 720 sections for voting abroad are expected to be opened

Regarding the organization of the elections in the territory of the country, the Minister of Innovation and Growth Rosen Karadimov stated that the deadlines are being respected in all directions

Oct 2, 2024 16:24 109

Elections in a row: About 720 sections for voting abroad are expected to be opened  - 1

< p>The deadline for submitting preliminary applications for voting abroad has expired. It is expected that around 720 polling stations will be opened outside Bulgaria, and the exact number will be clear after the decision of the Central Election Commission (CEC). meeting for the preparation of the upcoming elections on October 27, the press service of the Council of Ministers announced, quoted by BTA.

More than 150 are expected to be the sections where machine voting will take place.

Regarding the organization of the elections on the territory of the country, the Minister of Innovation and Growth Rosen Karadimov stated that the deadlines are respected in all areas. The Minister of e-Government Valentin Mundrov informed that the CEC has already the voting machines have been received and the process of their authentication has begun. The process will take place in a secure environment, in the building in the Ministry of e-Governance, with a new camera installed that will broadcast image and sound in real time.

As of yesterday, the activities on the configuration of the real-time video surveillance devices and the video recording after the end of the election day in the sectional election commissions also started. It is planned that the transportation of the video surveillance devices will be carried out to the regional governments after October 16.