Balgarianovinite.com Preparations for the April 19 early parliamentary elections are following a well-established procedure, Electronic Governance Minister George Sharkov said during a parliamentary hearing on Wednesday. At the heart of the process is a timeline related to machine voting, the certification of the technical devices for that voting, and the provision of video surveillance – a task assigned to the ministry by the Central Election Commission, Sharkov said.
Regarding the planned use of a sample of 10 voting machines during the certification and testing process, the procedure includes the preliminary random selection of the machines, Sharkov added. Chronologically, it is not connected to the choice of contractor, he noted. “There is still no signed contract between the Central Election Commission and the contractor responsible for servicing the machines. Once it is finalized, we have subsequent steps for which we are prepared,” the minister said.
A working group has been formed to update the methodology for certification of compliance under the Election Code, he said. The draft updated methodology will be put up for public consultation, after which it is to be approved within two days of the end of the public consultation. “This will be followed by the formation of teams for the certification of compliance, which we are already prepared to carry out, and an invitation to registered political parties to participate in the process. I hope we will have time to complete all this within the prescribed deadlines,” Sharkov said.
“We are progressing according to plan. If there is a change related to the number of machines, we will adapt,” the Electronic Governance Minister stressed.
Regarding the servicing of video surveillance of the voting process, “we have a Cabinet decision in line with the methodology used so far and the available equipment, to assign the implementation to the Information Services company.” According to Sharkov, the equipment is tested and publicly controlled and performs increasingly well each time. Electronic Governance Minister Tells Parliament that Preparations for Elections Follow Established Procedure 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-03-11 10:36:22 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