Publication of Applications and Data Check

(1) The heads of the diplomatic mission or consular representation of the Republic of Bulgaria shall transmit without delay to the Central Electoral Commission the applications received under Art. 16, Para. 1 herein by electronic means.

(2) (Amend. – SG 17/19) The applications received shall be published without delay at the website of the Central Electoral Commission, subject to the requirements for the protection of personal data.

(3) (Amend. and suppl. - SG 39/16, in force from 26.05.2016) The Central Electoral Commission shall check out the data under Art. 16, Para. 2 herein, not later than 22 days in advance of election day. The check of the electronic applications received shall be made in an automated manner simultaneously with the submission thereof. The data in the applications received in writing via the diplomatic missions and consular representations shall be checked upon their entering according to the procedure of Para. (1) herein. A voter, whose application has not been confirmed, but who has indicated an electronic address shall be notified immediately. The names of the persons whose application were not approved shall be immediately published on the website of the Central Electoral Commission.

(4) The Central Electoral Commission shall check whether the persons under Art. 16, Para. 1 herein, meet the requirements to vote not later than 22 days in advance of election day.

(5) (Amend. – SG 98/14, in force from 28.11.2014) For the purposes of the check as referred to in Para. 3 and 4, the Directorate General of Registration and Administrative Services at the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works shall provide to the Central Electoral Commission access to the data in the National Population Register. On the basis of the results of the check, the Central Electoral Commission shall transmit without delay to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs the information under Art. 16, Para. 2 herein, solely on the persons who have the right to vote and solely on the locations where polling stations are formed.

(6) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall, not later than 20 days in advance of election day, summarise the data by States and transmit it without delay to the heads of the respective diplomatic missions and consular representations to form polling stations and to inscribe the persons in the lists referred to in Art. 31, Para. 1 herein.