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Article 16
 

(1) A Bulgarian national, who has the right to elect upon elections of National Representatives, of Members of the European Parliament for the Republic of Bulgaria and of President and Vice President of the Republic and who wishes to vote, shall declare this not later than 25 days in advance of polling day by means of an application in writing completed in a standard form, signed manually and submitted in person or dispatched by letter post to the diplomatic mission or consular post of the Republic of Bulgaria in the respective State, or by means of an electronic application via the Internet site of the Central Election Commission. One letter may contain more than one application, and only one person may be entered in each application.


(2) (Amended and supplemented, SG No. 39/2016, effective 26.05.2016) In the application referred to in Paragraph (1), the voter shall enter, in Bulgarian, the names thereof as they appear in the passport, military card or identity card, the Standard Public Registry Personal Number thereof and the permanent address thereof in the Republic of Bulgaria. The voter shall enter in Cyrillic or in Latin characters the place abroad where he of she wishes to vote and present address (residence address) in the respective State. In the application, the voter may state an electronic address at which he or she is to be notified of the result of the check under Article 17 (3) herein.


(3) Upon elections of Members of the European Parliament for the Republic of Bulgaria, the voter shall present a declaration completed in a standard form, to the effect that the said voter satisfies the conditions to vote.


(4) (New, SG No. 39/2016, effective 26.05.2016) The applications shall be submitted for the purpose of determining the number of voting sections and compiling the roll referred to in Article 31 (1) herein.