Even more important is that the ballots are not stamped by a polling official after the voter has made her or his choice. In order to ensure the secrecy of the vote, the Code of Good Practice in Electoral Matters clearly points out that the voter should collect her or his ballot paper and no one else should touch it from that point on (CDL-AD(2002)023rev2-cor, Expl. Report para 35). Thus, consideration should be given to removing the requirement for the polling officials to stamp the ballot a second time, after the voter has voted, as was practised in the 2017 parliamentary election in Bulgaria.