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Article 238
 

(1) The members of the mobile section election commission shall place the mobile ballot box in an accessible and conspicuous place at the home of the voter. The particulars of the identity document produced by the voter shall be checked against those on the roll, and the Standard Public Registry Personal Number (Personal Number) and the type and number of the identity document or, respectively, the number of the residence certificate and the registration date stated therein shall be entered on the roll. The identity document and, respectively, the residence certificate of a national of another Member State of the European Union, shall be left with the members of the commission until the voter signs the roll.


(2) Upon voting by means of a mobile ballot box, other persons, including the members of the section election commission who service the mobile ballot box, may not be present in the room with the voter unless the voter is unable to perform the requisite steps on his or her own and has to vote with the assistance of an attendant. The names and the Standard Public Registry Personal Number (Personal Number) of the attendant, as well as the reason for voting with the assistance of an attendant, shall be entered in the column designated aNotesa of the roll opposite the name of the voter by the member of the commission. The particulars of the attendant shall furthermore be entered on the list for additional entry of attendants, whereupon the attendant shall sign. The said list shall be signed by the members of the mobile section election commission who service the mobile ballot box. The requirements of Article 116 (2), Article 120 (3), Article 3 and Article 236 (3) to (6) herein shall also apply upon voting by means of a mobile ballot box.


(3) After the particulars are entered on the roll, the voter shall receive from the members of the commission a ballpoint pen writing in blue ink and a ballot from the book of ballots, which shall be detached from the book upon delivery. The ballot shall be stamped with the seal of the commission upon its receipt by the voter. Upon elections of municipal councillors and of mayors, the voter shall receive a ballot for each type of election.


(4) (Amended, SG No. 35/2014, effective 22.04.2014) The voter shall vote by marking the square with the number of the candidate list of his or her choice with an aXa or a aVa, which expresses unequivocally the vote thereof. Upon elections of National Representatives, of Members of the European Parliament for the Republic of Bulgaria and of municipal councillors, the voter may, if he or she so wishes, mark with an aXa or a aVa the circle with the number under which the candidate of a party or coalition of his or her choice is registered, thereby showing unequivocally the preference thereof for the relevant candidate.


(5) (Supplemented, SG No. 39/2016, effective 26.05.2016) The voter shall fold the ballot in a manner making invisible the marked choice of a party, coalition or nomination committee or the preference. The folded ballot shall be handed to the members of the commission, who shall check if the number on the ballot matches the number on the book. If the two numbers match, the members shall restamp the ballot with the seal of the commission and shall detach the counterfoil showing the ballot number, and the said counterfoil shall be deposited in a separate box. The voter shall deposit the folded ballot in the ballot box, shall sign the electoral roll, and shall be given back the documents thereof. The members of the commission shall enter the time of the voting in the column designated aNotesa.