Balgarianovinite.com Parliament on Thursday is set to debate six bills proposing amendments to the Election Code. Two of the bills were tabled by the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF), while Progressive Bulgaria, Democratic Bulgaria, Continue the Change and Vazrazhdane have each submitted one.
Progressive Bulgaria proposes restoring machine voting in the form used in 2021, abolishing the Abroad constituency and removing the limit of voting sections in non-EU countries to 20 each, not counting the sections at the diplomatic missions and consular posts.
The MRF seeks to lift the limit on voting sections outside the EU. It also proposes scrapping the residency requirement for voters in local elections and elections for Bulgaria’s members of the European Parliament, as well as lifting restrictions on election campaigning by EU citizens who are not Bulgarian nationals.
Democratic Bulgaria proposes restoring full machine voting with a count of the voter-verified paper record. Under the proposal, section election commissions would report machine voting results by printing a tally sheet from the voting system after polls close. The bill also removes restrictions on opening voting sections outside diplomatic and consular missions in non-EU countries.
Continue the Change also proposes abolishing the limit on voting sections in non-EU countries. Its bill would require machine voting results to be recorded through both a printed tally sheet generated by the machine and the data stored on the recording device. It also provides for the use of identity document scanners to automatically enter voters’ details into an electronic register. Other proposed changes would broaden the restrictions on membership of section election commissions and allow appeals against decisions by constituency and municipal election commissions that find no violation of election legislation.
Vazrazhdane proposes that voting be conducted exclusively by machine, with the printed ballots counted by section election commissions and compared with the machine-generated record. The party also seeks to reduce the Central Election Commission’s term of office to four years and bar its members from holding party positions during their term and for two years afterwards. The bill further proposes that election results be entered and tabulated by state institutions rather than by the state-owned company Information Services. Parliament to Debate Six Bills Amending Election Code 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-07-16 06:59:02 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law