Verification of the conformity of technical devices for machine voting

(New – SG, 88/20) (1) The Central Election Commission shall provide the technical devices for machine voting by hiring or purchasing.
(2) State Agency "Electronic Government", together with the Bulgarian Institute for Standardization and the Bulgarian Institute of Metrology shall certify the compliance of the delivered type of technical device for machine voting with the requirements of Art. 213, Para. 3 and the requirements of the technical specification, according to the methodology, approved by the Chairman of the State Agency for Electronic Government, the Chairman of the Bulgarian Institute of Metrology and the Chairman of the Management Board of the Bulgarian Institute for Standardization.

(3) In the process of certification under para. 2 may participate representatives of parties, coalitions and initiative committees, registered for participation in the elections, of Bulgarian non-governmental organizations that have registered observers for the respective species choice, and the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, as individuals are given access to the devices, documentation and the eixt code by rules determined by the Central Election Commission.

(4) The certification under Para. 2 shall be carried out within 20 working days, as of the date of submission by the Central Election Commission of the technical devices for machine voting. (5) When during the certification under par. 2, non-compliance of the devices for machine voting with the principles under Art. 3 is established, the Central Election Commission shall conduct the respective election only with paper ballots and shall assign the supplier of the devices to remove discrepancies.