Balgarianovinite.com Live streaming of ballot counting was available in 98.56% of polling stations on election night and faults affected 1.18% of voting machines, the Ministry of Electronic Governance said on Monday.
Automated reports from the video surveillance system sent to the Ministry of Electronic Governance, the Central Election Commission and district election commissions showed that by 10 p.m., 168 of 11,653 polling stations had no video feed. That was in line with the October 2024 election, when coverage reached 98%.
The ministry said 85% of calls to its contact centre from polling stations were related to scanning the wrong QR code. Polling station commission members scanned the code intended for blind voters instead of the one used to activate the video surveillance system. Assistance was provided in each case.
Isolated reports were filed about missing QR codes, frozen screens, continuous scanning, and the counter continuing to run while the screen was blocked. The Ministry of Electronic Governance contact centre operated until midnight on election day.
A total of 110 of 9,354 voting machines developed faults, accounting for 1.18% of all devices. This was nearly half the rate seen in the previous election, when about 2% of the machines malfunctioned. No software problems were recorded.
The ministry said that, in preparing the snap parliamentary election on April 19, it was responsible for certifying the machines, including oversight of the software and its secure build, as well as monitoring the installation process to ensure the reliability of machine voting. It also oversaw the technical operation of the video surveillance system.
Under Central Election Commission decisions, special QR codes for blind voters were introduced for the first time, allowing them to access information on candidate lists. Tactile templates were also provided at 400 polling stations in five electoral districts, including in the metropolitan areas of Sofia and Plovdiv, and in Blagoevgrad.
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