The requirements are specified in the Electoral Code and the Constitution, the inspection is forthcoming
If Kiril Petkov has dual citizenship, we will remove him from the elections. This was the CEC’s answer to the question of “Labor“What will the commission do if it turns out that, in addition to being a Bulgarian citizen, he is still a Canadian citizen.
“A check is made whether the candidate meets the requirements of the Electoral Code and the Constitution, respectively. If he does not meet and as a result of the check it is established that he has other citizenship besides Bulgarian, such candidates are deleted from the lists. Does Kiril Petkov have anything else? citizenship, except Bulgarian, we will establish when the list is registered, if he is a candidate in this list and we carry out the check “, added Rositsa Mateva, spokesperson of the CEC.
The commission also announced that so far, 11,187 applications for voting outside the country have been submitted. “There are more than 1,000 applications in three countries. The largest number of applications is currently coming from Turkey – 4,273, from the United Kingdom – 1,341, Germany – 1,276, close to 1,000 are applications from Spain, just under 700 are from the United States. in which traditionally the interest in participating in the elections of the Bulgarian communities is the greatest “, explained Tsvetozar Tomov, spokesman of the Central Election Commission. Between 750-800 polling stations are likely to be opened, he predicted. Tomov added that for the first time so many sections are planned.
There is still no final decision of the CEC on voting technology. It is certain that voters will participate in both types of elections with the same card. It has not yet been specified whether there will be a home screen indicating whether the voter will vote only for president, only for the National Assembly or will take part in both votes. It was possible that the machine ballot for the presidential vote, and then for the one for the National Assembly, would appear instead of the home screen when the card was placed.
The CEC must also decide whether the machine should issue a joint receipt for both types of elections or separate ones to be issued in different boxes.
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