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From the beginning of the electoral day, there were signs of violations, problems, as well as attempts to buy votes and campaign.
From the first minutes of election day, there have been irregularities, problems, chaos, and signs of vote buying and campaigning across the country. Problems with the arrangement of the lists in the machines, signs of agitation and vote buying, late open sections and prohibited stamps on the ballot papers of the machines – these are just some of the signs of violations and problems in various sections of the country . Dnevnik monitors the signs of violations and the reaction of the institutions on election day.
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They are checking incorrect “Democratic Bulgaria” lists on Veliko Tarnovo’s machines.
The Veliko Tarnovo District Election Commission has started an inspection and it remains to decide whether to stop automatic voting throughout the district. The reason is a signal from “Democratic Bulgaria” that its list is being shuffled on the voting machines in different sections of the Veliko Tarnovo district and when pressing the preferences buttons, names that are different from the order approved by DEC decision appear.
At the beginning of the election day, shortly after 7 in the morning, our voters, who voted by machine, pointed out that in Gorna Oryahovitsa there was an incorrect entry in the sequence of the “Democratic Bulgaria” lists. The lists were sent and approved by the CEC. They did a technical check just to see if the machines were working properly, but not how the lists were arranged. About 30 minutes after the first signal we realized that the order of the names of our candidates in the whole Veliko Tarnovo district was wrong, “he told Dnevnik. Lyudmila Ilieva, who is a candidate for MP of the” Democratic Bulgaria “.
He explained that they have sent a signal to the DECs, that they are meeting and a decision is awaited and it is possible to suspend voting with machines throughout the area. “What will the REC decide and how will the CEC solve the problem, what about the votes of people who have already voted with machines? This is a very serious problem,” commented Ilieva.
According to her, there is currently chaos in the section commissions in the district, as some commissions have stopped voting with machines after learning about the problem, while others continue.
Buying votes, banned stamps on automatic voting ballots, late-opening sections, and queues in front of them – these are just a few of the first election violations reported by the “Get Up! Get Out!” Coalition. They received signals of more than 20 types of violations of the electoral process.
“The massive polling stations did not open at 7:00 am, as we received signals for this from Section 63 at 121 SU, Triaditsa, 23 MIR – Sofia, as well as Section 85, again in Triaditsa. We received signals for do not open In Pleven District, MIR 15, coalition advocates and representatives cannot register with the PEC. After coalition signals about violations, advocates were registered, “the coalition said.
In some medical institutions there are no declarations to vote with the members of the sectional electoral commissions, which are part of the package of documents.
Due to the unopened sections, voter queues formed in front of 37 SUs in the Lyulin district of the capital.
They received signals from Dobrich that voting machines were not working, explaining that this was due to the low temperatures. There are also signs for machines that do not work in Haskovo. The presidents and members of the PEC do not know how to work with the voting machines and say that they have not been instructed.
© Nadezhda Chipeva, Capital
The Institute for Social Integration, which monitors irregularities and problems on election day, reported problems with the machines in several cities around the country, so voting is done only with a paper ballot.
“We received a signal of agitation on Election Day and Reflection Day from the Mayor of Oryahovo. Citizens reported the agitation on Reflection Day in Kyustendil, as well as that the Mayor of Konyavo Village campaigned yesterday house to house. “BGN 30 was received from Ruse. We received similar signals from Stara Zagora, where citizens reported a price of BGN 50 per vote, “the coalition said.
In Sofia, in Studentski grad (23 MIR-Sofia), section 51, the members of the section commission wanted to put stamps on the receipts of automatic voting, which is prohibited. The coalition’s team of lawyers has sent a complaint to the REC of 23 MIR about the signal.
In sections across the country, PEC members have urged voters to open an already completed ballot, arguing that they should tear out the ballot, in an attempt to reveal the secrecy of the vote.
International drivers, who are Bulgarian citizens and enter from abroad, note that they are in quarantine and cannot vote because they do not have time to apply for a mobile section, nor to take an AKP test to get out of quarantine, as most of labs don’t. works on Saturday and today.
The members of the PEC had to carry ballot boxes and sacks between the DEC and the municipality
The GERB-Kardzhali Regional Elections Headquarters announced that it has sent a complaint against the change imposed by the municipality in the procedure for the delivery of ballots, according to which the members of the sectional electoral commissions will be obliged to deliver the vote. protocols on April 4 and bags with ballots – in the municipality.
“In practice, this means that after the vote, the PEC people will be transported first to the municipality to leave the ballot boxes, then to the DEC to deliver the protocols, and then return to the municipality to return the bags,” said the center of GERB press in Kardzhali.
“Such maneuvers between the two buildings after a difficult election day border on harassment, will subject people to physical and mental stress and will cause chaos incompatible with the expectations of citizens, the political headquarters and the electoral administration. The party has sent a complaint to the DEC, the CCA and the local government leadership, ”the party added.
“It is inadmissible to create additional obstacles to the members of the sectional electoral commissions in the face of the pandemic situation and the risk to the health and safety of the people. The attention to the members of the PEC, and not the comfort of the institutions, must be in first place. in voting “, are categorical of GERB.
The headquarters insists on a quick and adequate response, to restore the current order of delivery and storage of the ballots, that is, that all the documentation, ballot boxes and suitcases are delivered in one place, in the House of Culture, where they are find the REC. .
The Institute for Social Integration points out problems with machines
The Institute for Social Integration, which monitors irregularities and problems on election day, reported problems with machines in several cities around the country. According to the 9:30 am information in PEC 108 SOU Druzhba Sofia, there was a problem with starting one of the machines. There was also a problem with the voting machine in the Ihtiman PEC and the Zlatitsa CEC, and the sections completely switched to voting with a paper ballot. At RIC Balchik 2 of the 22 machines are not working and voting by ballot has started. In the PEC 25 MIR Ovcha Kupel, due to lack of organization among the members of the PEC, the voting began at 8.40 am, announced the Institute of Social Integration.
