Podcast in English
Text size
Bulgarian National Radio © 2025 All Rights Reserved

Problems with machine voting in Bulgaria

Photo: BGNES

Understanding the logic of the information on the first page displayed on the voting machines' touch screen is a very serious problem, Stoil Stoilov, member of the Public Council of the Central Election Commission said for bTV.

There is confusion among people over 40, as well as among younger voters. Perhaps, some members of the sectional election commission need to tell people the available options before they start voting, Stoil Stoilov went on to say. In his words, the second problem regards the slow process of voting. “For instance, one voting machine in a given polling station serves half of the electoral roll and the second machine serves the other half, which slows down the voting process. There are polling stations with two voting machines where only one person is allowed to vote at a time and the second voting machine remains unused”, Stoil Stoilov added.




Последвайте ни и в Google News Showcase, за да научите най-важното от деня!
Listen to the daily news from Bulgaria presented in "Bulgaria Today" podcast, available in Spotify.

More from category

Ferry operations near Oryahovo have been suspended due to low water levels in the Danube River

Ferry operations near Oryahovo have been suspended d ue to low water levels in the Danube River.  The situation is not unprecedented and occurs every summer, but this year the water level has dropped earlier than usual, said the Oryahovo-Bechet Ferry..

published on 7/4/25 10:42 AM

President Radev and Premier Zhelyazkov send greetings to the United States on the occasion of Independence Day

Bulgaria’s Premier Rosen Zhelyazkov extended his warmest congratulations to the President, the government and the people of the United States on the occasion of July 4 – Independence Day. ''Bulgaria and the United States continue to deepen their..

published on 7/4/25 10:26 AM
MEP Andrey Kovatchev

EP to drop all references to "Macedonian identity and language" from Skopje's progress report

The three largest parties in the European Parliament — the European People’s Party (EPP), the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) and Renew Europe have reached an agreement to remove all references to ''Macedonian..

published on 7/4/25 9:51 AM