/ world today news/ 26.2% voter turnout as of 1 p.m. in the presidential elections in the country, CEC spokesperson Kamelia Neikova reported, a BGNES reporter reported.
22.79% voted in the referendum, which means that 1,557,444 voters participated in the poll.
In the by-elections in the capital district “Mladost” the turnout was 22.44%.
76 complaints about violation of the electoral rights of Bulgarian voters have been received in the CEC, said the CEC spokesman Alexander Andreev. The signals are for split booths for presidential and referendum voting, so the voter exits one booth and enters another to vote. For this reason, the CEC has issued new instructions for the voter to enter the booth to vote once and to vote in both ballot boxes if he wants to vote for the referendum.
During the day, there were reports of a problem with machine voting. This is the case in the city of Varna. The CEC has taken the necessary actions to eliminate the irregularities, and there the problem has been fixed and it is now possible to vote by machine.
There are also cases where observers are not allowed to the polling stations. There are clear instructions to admit these people.
Kamelia Neikova stated that the reports about the advocates are in the country and abroad. Another tip-off is that in some sections they arrange people alphabetically, which is also wrong.
Neikova said that in a section in Krasna Polyana, a ballot for the presidential election was placed in the ballot box for the referendum, if this ballot meets the requirements, it will be considered valid, because the mistake is not the person who cast the ballot, but the members of the electoral section .
Regarding the voting signals in Turkey, Neikova said that there was a request to interrupt the voting there, but the election day cannot be interrupted. Regarding the other complaints and reports, the CEC is currently considering them at its meeting. There are also such signals from other countries.
Whether filling out a declaration by a third party is legal or not, Andreev explained that once he has the person’s personal signature, it is legal. Turkish was spoken in the sectional committees. Out of all 76 complaints in the Central Election Commission, there are none about vote buying.
In “Mladost” quarter, there are no complaints about violations on the election day, because there are three lists and votes are cast for presidential elections, a referendum and for a regional mayor. This is also the reason why there are queues there, but the voting is proceeding normally, Andreev pointed out.
Regarding the report of missing envelopes – Neikova stated that she is from Bankya, where there was a problem with the envelopes, but there is no ballot for a referendum without an envelope, i.e. the problem was fixed in a timely manner.
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