Bulgaria: Supreme court annuls election commission’s ban on voting machines in municipal elections
In a ruling on the night of October 30, the day after the first round of Bulgaria’s 2023 municipal elections,
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Bulgaria’s 2023 local elections: Most cities head to run-off in mayoral elections
Nineteen cities serving as the administrative centres of districts in Bulgaria are heading to run-off mayoral elections on November 5
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Bulgaria’s 2023 local elections: Clear winners in eight city mayor races
Mayoral elections in eight cities serving as the administrative centres of districts in Bulgaria on October 29 have produced clear
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Bulgaria’s 2023 local elections: Mayoral runoffs in Sofia, some other large cities – exit poll
Exit polls at 8pm on October 29 indicated that there will be second-round voting in mayoral elections in capital city
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Voting in Bulgaria’s 2023 ‘paper ballot’ municipal elections proceeds
Voting in Bulgaria’s October 29 municipal elections, controversially being held solely with paper ballots and not machines, was proceeding on
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Bulgaria’s PM says election commission decision on machine voting violated law, should be reversed
Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov said on October 28 that the Central Election Commission (CEC) decision to scrap machine voting
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Bulgaria’s 2023 municipal elections: Thousands protest for the return of machine voting
Thousands turned out on October 28 in a protest in central Sofia demanding the return of machine voting in Bulgaria’s
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Bulgaria’s 2023 municipal elections: Controversy deepens as machine voting cancelled
A court challenge and public protests are looming in Bulgaria after the Central Election Commission (CEC) decided that machine voting
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Row as campaigning ahead of Bulgaria’s local elections comes to a close
The final day of campaigning ahead of the first round of Bulgaria’s 2023 mayoral and municipal elections was dominated by
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